{"id":330903,"date":"2026-08-27T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330903\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:12:52","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-back-to-school-season-brings-safety-reminders-for-drivers-across-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330903\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Back To School Season Brings Safety Reminders For Drivers Across The Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Students are heading back to school, and officials are reminding drivers to stay alert as buses return to the roads and more children walk to and from class.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">AAA says more school bus tickets were issued in September than in any other month last year, with October close behind, according to DMV data.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says school buses remain the safest way for students to travel to school.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials are reminding drivers never to pass a stopped school bus when its red lights are flashing.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Those flashing red lights mean students are getting on or off the bus and traffic must stop.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">When a school bus has flashing yellow lights, drivers should slow down and prepare to stop.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Motorists are also urged to watch for children crossing in front of buses and in school zones.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say drivers should avoid using electronic devices behind the wheel and remain alert during school commute hours.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Parents are encouraged to accompany children under 10 years old when walking to school and make sure they use sidewalks whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Drivers should also keep in mind that school-related traffic can begin as early as 7 a.m. and continue into the evening with after-school activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students are heading back to school, and officials are reminding drivers to stay alert as buses return to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-330903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}