A 20-year veteran behind the wheel, Robin Hollcraft drives for Perry Township schools, which started classes Wednesday.
"I enjoy saying good morning to the students," Hollcraft said.
Hollcraft loves her job, but admits, there are challenges, such as drivers not stopping at the school bus's stop arm.
The award-winning driver said it puts students at risk when drivers don't stop as children get on and off the school bus.
"Sometimes (the kids) might drop something and they pick it up and it's always about safety," Hollcraft said. "And (drivers) run a stop arm and you're trying to watch the kids, where they're at."
The stop arm is a stop sign that is displayed by school bus drivers as they stop to drop off and pick up students. It is illegal to pass a bus with the stop arm displayed; just as it is illegal to run a stop sign at an intersection.
But Hollcraft said people are in too much of a hurry to pay attention.
"It's normally on the main streets," she said.
Indianapolis is not alone. According to a survey released this week by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, more than 96,000 school bus drivers nationwide reported 74,421 vehicles passed their buses illegally on a single day.
One of more than 180 drivers for the Perry Township school district, Hollcraft spends a good part of her summer in training or bus safety competition.
She thinks drivers don't understand that bus drivers not only have to pay attention to others on the road, but also the students on the bus.
She does like the addition of the more than 400 speed limit signs added around the city, some of them in her district.
The tall posts display flashing lights during school arrival and dismissal times.
Hollcraft hopes the higher visibility of the signs will be another reminder for drivers to slow down.