The North Penn School District (NPSD) will be participating in 22nd Annual Operation Safe Stop on Wednesday, October 24 in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
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 efforts to raise public awareness about the potential consequences, and reduce the occurrence of illegal school bus passes.
Over the past 21 years, PennDOT, along with law enforcement agencies and pupil transportation associations, has conducted Operation Safe Stop. On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, the 22nd Annual Operation Safe Stop will occur and NPSD will be one of many participants statewide. On this day, bus drivers will be asked to document any illegal passes occurring on their routes during the day, including identifying information regarding the vehicle, and file it with local authorities. After Operation Safe Stop, NPSD and police departments will share their results with PennDOT.
NPSD thanks community members for their continued partnership in helping to keep our students safe by practicing safe and legal driving, especially while passing a school bus.
For more information about NPSD' s involvement in Operation Safe Stop, please contact the transportation department at 215-853-1121.