Beginning Jan. 4, 2016 students in North Carolina will have to obey their bus driver's hand signal before they get on the bus safely.
A new law requires bus drivers hold their hands palm out until it's safe for a child to cross. Then they'll give a thumbs-up and point in the direction the child should cross.
Statewide, 13 students have died since 1999 while getting on or off a school bus.