WASHINGTON – At a packed conference room in the nation’s capital, dozens of people gasped as they watched a video monitor playing a terrifying, yet common scene: Cars speeding past children as they approached their school bus.
“Horrible,” one person said as the screen showed clips of children who were struck by vehicles but avoided serious injuries.
Some turned their eyes from the screen. Others seemed to hold back tears.
The clips were played during the first National School Bus Safety Summit on Dec. 10, which brought together hundreds of federal, state and local leaders, as well as safety and transportation experts, to discuss an epidemic of reckless drivers endangering children across the country.
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