VALLEY. SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL QUITE WARM. WITH STUDENTS SOON HEADING BACK TO CLASS -- TRAFFIC AROUND SCHOOLS WILL BE PICKING UP AS WELL. 40-29'S JACOB MURPHY IS LIVE IN BENTONVILLE TONIGHT WITH SOME POTENTIALLY áLIFE- SAVINGá TIPS FROM POLICE AS THOSE STUDENTS RETURN. JACOB? WHETHER YOU ARE DROPPING OFF, PICKING UP, OR JUST DRIVING BY A SCHOOL, YOU'LL GET CAUGHT IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SCHOOL TRAFFIC THAT CAN BE HECTIC AT TIMES. SOMETIMES IT CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS, BUT WITH A COUPLE EASY TIPS, THIS CAN BE A SMOOTH AND EASY SCHOOL YEAR. <> "Let's remember to take our time, right? So everybody's been off for the summer, so traffic's going to be a little bit different." IN JUST A FEW DAYS, THE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL TRAFFIC WILL BE BACK. JESSICA HOLMES // PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOLS PARENT "There's a lot of traffic, there's a lot of kids on bikes, walking everything." WHICH MEANS IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER A COUPLE THINGS. LIKE SCHOOL ZONES... <> "Slow down, especially whenever we're in school zones." BUSES... <> "If there's a school bus, remember Be vigilant of the red lights, the stop signs." AND CROSSWALKS.. <> "Always assume that there's a kid there, so stop before you get into the crosswalk." JESSICA HOLMES LIVE IN PRAIRIE GROVES AND HAS PLENTY.. <> "Long time.. yeah." OF EXPERIENCE... <> "I have eight kids from 21 down to age three." DEALING WITH THOSE THREE THINGS. <> "There is a lot of traffic and a lot of congestion in the mornings." AND STILL TAKES ALL THE STEPS TO STAY SAFE. <> "Take like, double triple looks whenever I'm getting ready to cross." BECAUSE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN ON THOSE HECTIC MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS. <> "My daughter was riding her bike to school, and she ended up being in an accident with a vehicle." THIS WAS BACK IN MARCH, WHEN JESSICA'S DAUGHTER WAS HIT ON HER BIKE IN A CROSSWALK. <> "It was just an accident of a case where they could not see each other." A REMINDER FOR JESSICA TO ALWAYS KEEP HER HEAD ON A SWIVEL. <> "You've got to be looking all directions. I mean, everybody does, everybody involved." ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS CROSSING THE ROAD. <> "Assume that they're gonna cross out in front of you, right? And so if they're running walking, just give them plenty of space and make sure you're checking for all of your blind spots as well." BENTONVILLE PD SAYS THEY PLAN ON HAVING TRAFFIC CONTROL OUT NEAR THE BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS DURING THE FIRST COUPLE
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'You've got to be looking all directions': Parents and police discuss BTS road safety
Bentonville PD provided several tips ahead of the school year
Jacob Murphy
Reporter
As the 2024-2025 school year approaches, the hectic morning and afternoon school pick-ups and drop-offs are getting closer. “Let's remember to take our time," Bentonville PD Public Information Officer Melissa Fox said. "Everybody's been off for the summer, so traffic's going to be a little bit different.”Fox says parents should always keep an eye on school zones, buses, and crosswalks around schools. “Slow down, especially whenever we're in school zones and if there's a school bus, remember to be vigilant of the red lights," Fox said. “Always assume that there's a kid there, so stop before you get into the crosswalk.”Jessica Holmes lives in Prairie Grove and is very familiar with schools, she has eight children ranging from 3 years old to 21 years old. “There is a lot of traffic and a lot of congestion in the mornings," Holmes said. “There's a lot of kids on bikes, walking, everything.”Back in March of 2024, Holmes' daughter was hit on her bike by a car near Prairie Grove High School on a crosswalk. “It was just an accident of a case where they could not see each other," Holmes said. “You've got to be looking all directions, everybody does, everybody involved.”Going into this school year, Holmes says she is on even more high alert around schools where kids are walking to and from class. “Assume that they're going cross out in front of you," Fox said. "If they're running or walking, just give them plenty of space and make sure you're checking for all of your blind spots as well.”
BENTONVILLE, Ark. —
As the 2024-2025 school year approaches, the hectic morning and afternoon school pick-ups and drop-offs are getting closer.
“Let's remember to take our time," Bentonville PD Public Information Officer Melissa Fox said. "Everybody's been off for the summer, so traffic's going to be a little bit different.”
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Fox says parents should always keep an eye on school zones, buses, and crosswalks around schools.
“Slow down, especially whenever we're in school zones and if there's a school bus, remember to be vigilant of the red lights," Fox said. “Always assume that there's a kid there, so stop before you get into the crosswalk.”
Jessica Holmes lives in Prairie Grove and is very familiar with schools, she has eight children ranging from 3 years old to 21 years old.
“There is a lot of traffic and a lot of congestion in the mornings," Holmes said. “There's a lot of kids on bikes, walking, everything.”
Back in March of 2024, Holmes' daughter was hit on her bike by a car near Prairie Grove High School on a crosswalk.
“It was just an accident of a case where they could not see each other," Holmes said. “You've got to be looking all directions, everybody does, everybody involved.”
Going into this school year, Holmes says she is on even more high alert around schools where kids are walking to and from class.
“Assume that they're going cross out in front of you," Fox said. "If they're running or walking, just give them plenty of space and make sure you're checking for all of your blind spots as well.”
