•August 10, 2016•

Be alert for children walking or riding bicycles and stopped school buses.

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, is reminding motorists that area schools will soon open their doors and begin the new school year. The start of the school year means an increase in pedestrian and vehicular traffic around schools.

Motorists need to be watchful for children walking and riding their bicycles to school and children darting out from between parked cars. Motorists also need to be on the lookout for slowing and stopped school buses. As parents drop off their children before school and pick them up after school, there will also be an increase in vehicle traffic during the morning and evening commute. Extra travel time should be planned to allow for the increase in traffic.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.