By he HELP Committee and Havre Public Schools for Havre Daily
News This week is National School Bus Safety Week. The National
Association for Pupil Transportation picks a theme each year,
encourages poster and essay contests, and promotes safety
practices to help ensure safe passage for children to and from
school. As autumn turns toward winter, we know the days are
growing shorter. When we change our clocks from daylight-saving
time back to standard time in the fall, it will be dark even
earlier. But what we may not realize is that this also means
that more children will be traveling to and from school in the
dark, which puts them at greater risk of injuries from traffic
crashes. Over half of all fatal pedestrian crashes and over one-
fourth of fatal bicycle crashes involving school-age children -
ages 5 through 18 - occur in low light or dark conditions. Young
children can be at special risk. For one thing, they have less
experience with traffic. They are more likely to be struck
because they hurry to get on