{"id":3368,"date":"2026-07-13T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:20:19","slug":"august-is-back-to-school-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/news\/august-is-back-to-school-month\/","title":{"rendered":"August is Back to School Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Back to School Safety<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Key Tips for Drivers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slow down in school zones; stop and yield to pedestrians crossing<\/li>\n<li>Watch for crossing guards and crosswalks<\/li>\n<li>Follow School Bus Laws; never pass a bus from behind when red lights are flashing<\/li>\n<li>Avoid distractions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Tips for Parents and Pedestrians<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teach Safe Crossing Practice<\/li>\n<li>Preschoolers should hold an adult\u2019s hand<\/li>\n<li>Cross at crosswalks, if possible, or corners<\/li>\n<li>Always look left \u2013 right \u2013 and left again \u2013 before stepping into the street<\/li>\n<li>Make eye contact with drivers and remain alert<\/li>\n<li>Carpool, when possible, to reduce number of cars at school drop-off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ruby-and-Back-to-School.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ruby-and-Back-to-School-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ruby-and-Back-to-School-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ruby-and-Back-to-School-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ruby-and-Back-to-School-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ruby-and-Back-to-School.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to School Safety Key Tips for Drivers Slow down in school zones; stop and yield to pedestrians crossing Watch for crossing guards and crosswalks Follow School Bus Laws; never pass a bus from behind when red lights are flashing Avoid distractions Tips for Parents and Pedestrians Teach Safe Crossing Practice Preschoolers should hold an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3368"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3371,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions\/3371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3368"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=3368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}