Host a Nicholas Adkins School Bus Safety Act
On December 1, 2009, the Nicholas Adkins School Bus Safety Act will take effect in North Carolina.
This act, signed into law by Governor Beverly Perdue in June, increases the penalty for those who strike
and kill a child when they pass a stopped school bus.
The new law is named for Nicholas Adkins, 16, of Stoneville, a student at McMichael High School in Mayodan.
Adkins was killed in January when a driver did not stop for a school bus that had stopped and extended its stop arm.
The Nicholas Adkins School Bus Safety Act adds two major provisions to existing law:
- Killing someone after running a school bus stop sign will now be a Class H felony, meaning that courts are more likely to assign jail time for such incidents
The Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services, CUACS, at North Carolina State University, through a grant from United Parcel Services, has created posters and banners to educate the public on this new law. These posters and banners are an excellent tool for communicating the importance of obeying school bus stop indicators, and the potential consequences for failing to do so.
Feel free to print and distribute the posters and banners created by CUACS.
| CUACS Posters and Banners (PDF Files) |
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| Nicholas Adkins School Bus Safety Act Banner |
| School Bus Safety Act Banner 1 |
| School Bus Safety Act Banner 2 |
| School Bus Safety Act Banner 3 |
| School Bus Safety Act Banner 4 |