Carpool Safety- A reminder from Mrs. Estes
For the safety of all children, faculty, and staff, we need you to follow our carpool rules:
- No cell phone use in the carpool line
- Remain at a stand still until ALL car doors and hatches are closed
- Remain at a standstill until your child and any teacher or staff assisting has stepped onto the sidewalk
- Do not move forward until the car in front of you is moving and all children and adults are safely on the sidewalk
- Stop for people in the crosswalk in front of the Sports Center
- Observe the 10 MPH speed limit at all times
Virginia’s Child Restraint Device Law states:
- Child restraint devices are required for children through the age of seven (until 8th birthday). Safety seats must be properly used and approved by the Department of Transportation standards. There is no height or weight requirement associated with this law. The Virginia law is based solely on age.
- Children can no longer ride unrestrained in the rear cargo area of vehicles.
- The law applies to anyone (i.e. parents, grandparents, babysitters, friends) who provides transportation for a child in any vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1968. Public transportation (taxis, buses), regulation school buses, and farm vehicles are exempted.
- Children age 8 through age 17 (until age 18) must be belted correctly in vehicle safety belts, in vehicles manufactured after January 1, 1968. Exemptions are taxicabs, school buses, executive sedans and limousines.
- No person under age 16 shall be transported in the rear cargo area of a pickup truck.
For more information please go to http://www.vdh.virginia.