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Walk It Through: The School Run

Car seats and belts, a phone at a red light, a stopped school bus, and the speed through the neighborhood.

A parent drives two children to school: one under two years of age, and one heavier than 40 pounds but shorter than four feet nine inches.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One morning's school run. School zone speeds and signs, a second or third phone offense, the distracted driving course in detail, and a crash on the way are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.