GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The advent calendar in Nancee Privacky’s sits on the wall, forever marking Dec. 14. On that day in 2011, she lost her only two children in a car crash involving a school bus.
Since then, she has been fighting for a new law that is finally progressing through the state legislature.
Privacky’s 16-year-old son Bruce was driving his 13-year-old sister Antonia home from school when they crashed into the back of a Coopersville school bus that was preparing to stop.
Privacky was on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives about two months ago when lawmakers passed House Bill 4054. — also known as the Privacky Law — in a 101-6 vote.
The legislation, which now heads to the Senate, would allow school districts to put driver alert systems on the back of buses. The signs flash “Caution: Slowing” as the bus gets ready to stop and “Stop: Do Not Pass” when the bus is stopped.
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