The National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) supports School Bus Safety Week and is a proud sponsor of the video campaign featuring RFK Racing drive Ryan Preece who proclaimed, “even professional drivers stop for school bus” https://youtu.be/wGEDFwkRfys.
While during School Bus Safety Week we celebrate the professionals that ensure the safe travel of students to and from school each and every day, NASDPTS estimates there were more than 39.3 million illegal passings of stopped school buses in the past year based on our 2025 survey (https://www.nasdpts.org/stop-arm-violations “) NASDPTS reminds all drivers to slow down and to stop for stopped school buses. The safety of every child depends on it,” offered NASDPTS President Mike Stier. “We in the school transportation industry have a very important job to do, and we take great pride in doing our job well, but the safe transportation of children to and from school takes every one of us. Drivers aren’t paying attention, and they aren’t focused on the right things. What could be more important than the safety of a child?” added Stier.
NASDPTS thanks the Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation (MAPT) for the opportunity to co-sponsor the Ryan Preece video and appreciates their efforts to draw attention to the problem of illegal passing of stopped school buses.
Additional School Bus Safety Week information can be found here: https://nasdpts.org/SBSW .
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