2023 National School Bus Illegal Passing Survey
While school buses remain incredibly safe, we all know that students are most vulnerable when they are outside the bus in the “danger zone." Oregon is assisting the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) in coordinating a
national survey to document illegal passing of school buses. The data will help improve safety countermeasures at the state or national level.
We are requesting your assistance in this important project.
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, please have your district's school bus operators observe and report any instances of motorists illegally passing their school buses, using the form linked below. Even drivers who observe no illegal passes on the day of the survey should turn in the form so that we can get accurate data on how many illegal passes occur per day per bus.
Please instruct drivers to pay particular attention to the instructions and safety precautions. As always, their primary duty is to the safety of their students. Please have your drivers pay particular attention to the bottom of the form where they are instructed to “report only illegal passes that occur while the bus driver is stopped with red warning lights flashing and stop arm(s) deployed in full compliance with our state training and procedures."
Please collect your district's results and report them no later than May 23, 2022 as follows:
- Have drivers complete the
Illegal Passing Driver Report Form and give to a designated person at your location.
- Using the information provided by the drivers, complete the
Illegal Passing Summary Tool Spreadsheet.
- Submit the spreadsheet to
buslicense@ode.oregon.gov
Questions may be addressed by using the email above or by calling Brock Dittus at (971) 208-2106.
Thank you for your help with this important initiative.
Tracking form for Driver
Remember to mark "I had no pass-by's during today's survey" if you did not observe any illegal pass on your route. Please turn in all data your to supervisor as soon as possible.
Tracking spreadsheet for District
If you would like more information regarding this nationwide activity, visit the
NASDPTS website; you may also contact buslicense@ode.oregon.gov with any questions. Thank you for assisting us in creating safer legislation for students across America.