As you take every precaution necessary to protect your family during the upcoming school year, make sure you enlist our help, your friendly Massachusetts Insurance Company!
According to the Billerica Minuteman, there are various ways your child can stay safe during the first day of school, as well as days to come. The following are “School bus safety tips” and “Staying safe from strangers”, that both children and parents can read together before the big day arrives:
School bus safety tips
• Get to the bus stop at least five minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive. Don’t be late.
• As the bus approaches, stand three giant steps away from the curb, and line up away from the street.
• Wait until the bus stops, the door opens, and the driver says it’s okay before stepping onto the bus.
• If you have to cross the street in front of the bus, walk on the sidewalk or along the side of the road to a point at least five giant steps (10 feet) ahead of the bus before you even begin to cross the street.
• Be sure that the bus driver can see you, and you can see the bus driver before you start to cross the street.
• Never walk behind the bus. The driver can’t see.
• Never speak to strangers at the bus stop or get in to a strangers car if approached at a bus stop.
Staying safe from strangers
• Memorize and know your name, address, phone number, and parents’ cell number.
• Use the buddy system. Don’t walk anywhere alone.
• Trust your instincts; if you feel you are being followed or something is not right, get help immediately or go someplace safe.
• Always tell your parents where you are going and call them when you get there.
• Don’t take shortcuts through the woods, a back street, or empty lot.
• Don’t ever tell your name, address, or school name to a stranger.
• Never get into a car with anyone you don’t know without your parents OK.
• If a stranger follows you or grabs for you, yell real loud. Shout, “I don’t know you,” so people know you are in trouble. Fight back and make as much noise as you can. If they threaten to hurt you or your family, keep yelling. Tell an adult right away.
• If someone is following you try to remember the license plate of his or her vehicle and immediately tell a trusted adult
• Know how and when to call 9-1-1.
• If you come home and a window in your house is broken or a door is open that shouldn’t be, don’t go in. Go to a trusted neighbor, or find a phone and call 911.
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