The BOLO911 will alert you when a school bus is loading or unloading children. The BOLO911 will activate when the bus driver opens the door and extends the stop signs.
School Bus Accident Quick Facts:
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, school buses are the safest motor vehicles on our highways. Unfortunately, however, school buses are not 100 percent safe. In fact, school buses pose a variety of unique dangers to school age children. Statistics vary, but the following is a general indication of the potential that responders face in the United States.
There are 450,000 school buses in service.
More than 25 million students ride school buses daily.
School buses travel 2 million miles every school day.
There are 16,000 school bus collisions annually.
There are 12,000 injuries and 130 deaths involving school buses annually.
These figures are only those reported, as required, by public and private school bus transportation providers. Not included in the statistics are the tens of thousands of school buses that have been converted by church groups, civic groups, recreational providers, canoe and rafting outfitters, private individuals, and the multitudes of other users.
A school bus accident can be caused by many different factors and can result in death and serious life-altering conditions.
School bus accidents often have these common denominators:
When passengers are killed or seriously injured, the accident will often involve a high speed impact with a car, large truck, train, or collision with a fixed object such as a bridge abutment.
School buses are relatively stable vehicles, but may overturn under certain conditions. When overturns occur, ejections are rare, as windows and other portals are relatively small. Ejections in coach buses with large windows may be more common.
NTSB studies have concluded that serious injury and death to school bus passengers is primarily a function of seating position, and not restraint usage. Those seated nearest the impact area are at greatest risk, and the use of a lap belt restraint does not generally increase the likelihood of survival.
 
School Zone
The BOLO911 will also alert you when you enter a School Zone advising you to slow down to the posted speed limit.
 
Pedestrian fatalities; Over the past 10 years, an average of 29 children were killed in school bus-related pedestrian accidents - struck while getting on or off a school bus.
Ignorance and cavalier attitudes about traffic safety issues are commonplace yet difficult to quantify. It is clear, however, that many drivers fail to understand the seriousness and potential adverse consequences of failing to yield to emergency vehicles and school buses.
 
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