Motorist Comprehension of Florida's School Bus Stop Law and School Bus Signalization Devices
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Motorist Comprehension of Florida's School Bus Stop Law and School Bus Signalization Devices



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  • Corporate Creators:
    University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
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  • Resource Type:
    Research Paper
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Florida
  • Corporate Publisher:
    University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
  • NTL Classification:
    NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Surveys;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic Control Devices;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
  • Abstract:
    In May 1995, the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) conducted a study on behalf of the Florida Department of Education (DOE) that investigated the frequency and extent with which drivers in Florida were illegally passing stopped school buses during a typical school day. From this study, approximately 10,600 vehicles were recorded to be illegally passing stopped school buses during a typical school day in 58 of the 67 school districts in Florida. Based in part on the findings from the illegal passing study, this current study ought to answer the following two questions: (1) "Do drivers in Florida understand their responsibilities as defined in Section 16.172, F.S., the school bus stop law?"; and (2) "Do drivers in Florida comprehend the meaning of the various signalizations used on school buses to communicate to them that a school bus is either coming to a stop or is stopped for the express purpose of loading or unloading children at a school bus stop?". To gather the requisite information, a simple, one-page, 18-question survey was developed.

    The first six questions on the survey contained different driving scenarios involving school buses that are about to stop or are already stopped to load or unload children at school bus stops while displaying proper signalizations that motorists might encounter when driving (yellow flashing warning lights or red flashing loading lights and stop signal arms). The remaining 12 questions on the survey inquired about a host of respondent demographic and socio-economic

    characteristics as well as other information deemed pertinent to the objectives of this study. Tables, figures, 41p.

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