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Drivers in Florida need to slow down around school buses. With school just getting started in some areas, officials are closely monitoring how motorists are driving around school buses. The numbers are terrifying for parents. In the first four days of the 2024 school year, from Aug. 12-15, officials from Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office say that they issued 2,391 warnings to drivers for going around school buses while the stop arm was down. As shocking as those numbers seem, it’s not out of the norm for Florida. In 2023, a survey of school bus drivers revealed that they observed more than …