GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Tuesday is the first day of school for most Wisconsin K-to-12 districts.
And while drivers are urged to watch for children in the streets, police will watch the motorists to make sure they do.
Last year, almost 800 tickets were issued in Wisconsin for failing to stop for school buses which flash their lights when picking up or dropping off kids. State law requires motorists to stop both ways for a stopped bus.
Dave Vander Bloomen of Lamers Bus Lines tells WBAY-TV that drivers should give themselves more time to make their morning runs during the first 2 to 3 weeks of school.
He says it would make drivers less likely to take chances just to get to work, or to drop somebody off.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
