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Officials urge drivers to slow down as Savannah-Chatham County prepares to welcome students
Summary
Officials from Savannah-Chatham County, AAA and state safety agencies launched the annual "Schools Open—Drive Carefully" campaign, warning of increased enforcement, legal penalties for illegally passing buses and urging motorists to reduce distractions as students return next week.
Officials from Savannah-Chatham County, AAA and state safety agencies urged motorists Thursday to slow down and avoid distractions as the 2025–26 school year begins, announcing stepped-up enforcement and renewing a public-safety campaign ahead of students’ return next week.
Garrett Townsend, a representative of AAA, said the local outreach is part of AAA’s long-running Schools Open—Drive Carefully campaign. “This campaign actually has been in existence since 1946,” Townsend said, noting the effort partners AAA with local school districts to remind drivers about school-zone safety.
The campaign targets both local and statewide risks: Superintendent Denise Watts said the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System will welcome about 35,000 students next week, roughly 3,000 of whom do not ride a school bus and may walk or bike to school. “We ask that you start having conversations,” Superintendent Denise Watts said, urging parents to plan earlier departures and to rehearse safe routes with…
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