Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport
Traffic to stop and wait for a stopped school bus loading or unloading children.
Closed
1,951 signatures
What the petition asks
I would like the traffic laws to adopt a system where it is illegal to overtake a stopped school bus. Drivers should wait behind any stopped school transport bus where children are boarding or alighting to protect children from being hit by overtaking vehicles.
My daughter and her older brother use a designated school transport bus everyday.
On the 10th October 2022 the bus had a different driver and he went a different route into our estate dropping the children on the opposite side of the road to their usual drop off point. My daughter was the first one off the bus and checking the road she deemed it safe to cross, however she didn't see from behind the bus an overtaking van and was hit at nearly 40mph. She sustained serious injuries.
On the 10th October 2022 the bus had a different driver and he went a different route into our estate dropping the children on the opposite side of the road to their usual drop off point. My daughter was the first one off the bus and checking the road she deemed it safe to cross, however she didn't see from behind the bus an overtaking van and was hit at nearly 40mph. She sustained serious injuries.
Timeline
| 7 Dec 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Jun 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,951
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Transport
Opened
7 Dec 2022
Closed
7 Jun 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.