Crime & Safety
Stop For School Buses, Lower Southampton Police Urge
Operation Safe Stop will raise awareness Wednesday that it is illegal to pass when children are getting on or off a stopped school bus.
LOWER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA —Stop for buses.
That message is being stressed by the Lower Southampton Police Department in recognizing Operation Safe Stop.
On Wednesday, the 26th Annual Operation Safe Stop takes place.
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Operation Safe Stop is a proactive approach to educate the motoring public that passing a stopped school bus, when children are loading or unloading, is both dangerous and illegal.
Law enforcement agencies, school transportation providers, pupil transportation associations, and PennDOT have combined their efforts to raise public awareness about the potential consequences of these traffic violations and reduce the occurrence of illegal school bus passes.
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Over the past 25 years, PennDOT, along with law enforcement agencies and pupil transportation associations, have worked together to conduct Operation Safe Stop.
On Wednesday, police said they hope that all school districts will participate by having their drivers document any illegal passes occurring on their routes during the day.
If possible, the drivers should get identifying information regarding the vehicle and file the information with local authorities.
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