we have reported so many times Central
Florida consistently tops lists when it
comes to dangerous rows so much so a
Lake County fifth grader is working to
get results for safer school buses and
bus safety we first told you about Julia
Dumont invention a few weeks ago you
might remember this story she won first
prize in the Lake County Regional
Science Fair and you can see why yes
everyone was so impressed by her school
bus armbar
she recently brought it to our studio
Julia's mission is far from over and now
she has the full support from our
traffic safety experts it'll save lives
around the world
when we last caught up with Julia Dumont
she was in her science classroom at
Astatula elementary showing us her
award-winning Magic School Bus science
project a positive median barrier today
she's getting a first-hand look at what
our traffic safety expert to perceive
Monte Aero does every day to keep us
safe on the roads but if we had a great
the Magic School Bus armbar on the side
of the school bus we wouldn't have to
worry about that stuff anymore and of
course she brought along her prototype
the 7-foot PVC pipe equipped with
reflective tape and flashing red and
white lights the idea is for the bar to
extend from a school bus alerting
drivers that a bus has stopped and
children are crossing this is the most
impressive thing I have ever seen from a
grade school student in fact trooper
Steve was so impressed he presented de
menthe with his certificate of
appreciation for safety innovation it
feels really good to know that somebody
that actually deals with traffic is
helping me through trying to push me
forward the idea is a hundred percent
spot on this is a the concept is genius
and that what I get excited about is
your intent behind it is you're truly
just trying to help people and save
lives about it des monts next step is to
appear before the Lake County School
Board and it looks like she won't be
alone looking at this I would go with
you because this is something that I
personally feel would legitimately
reduce crashes almost immediately and
then save students from getting hit by a
school bus
trooper Steve joins us now and I am so
excited that the two of you got to meet
and talk and it was so cool to see you
guys bouncing ideas back and forth to
meet such a young motivated student like
she was or she is and then like I
mentioned in the package the intent that
she has behind that all she wants to do
is like save students and for someone so
young to have such an innovative mind on
this absolutely brilliant she's gonna go
so far and then the fact like you know
there were some people that hopped
online it was like oh well this could
cause crashes well if you're paying
attention in the first place this is
what's going to really ultimately stop
people from passing the school bus
that's the goal that she had was not
write any right to create a physical
barrier yes can someone hit it yeah it
will be designed this is a prototype
this is a young girl that is being
innovated just trying to create magic
the Magic School Bus
Alan bar that she talked about and it's
so awesome our young people are full of
so many ideas just listen to them
alright and just to watch her you could
see everything spinning in her eyes like
she just wants to keep going keep going
and I was a hundred percent saying look
if you get an opportunity to be in front
of the Lake County School Board I will
gladly stand by your side with this
because who wouldn't want to see a
school bus kind of it looks cool I'm all
about but just to see this happen and
yeah are there loopholes that we've got
to jump through federal laws but to see
something on a private school bus that's
just setting the tone and for her to
step out of a comfort zone and be like
look this is what I want to do good for
her that's amazing as well like the
school too
kind of promoting this and and having
them come up with these inventions that
it's not just you know write a report
it's really kind of getting into it and
finding out how to really get results
for you know for fellow students or for
other people and that's how it starts it
takes an idea and it takes someone
motivated to get out there and do it and
she is doing just that gosh if you're
watching right now you are awesome Julia
and I can't wait to see what its gonna
happen