A school parking lot can be a very hectic place at the end of a school day. Parents in sedans jockey for position with one another and try to squeeze through the gridlock of larger school buses that are loading children to take home.

For example, according to NVDaily.com, one primary school in Virginia is experiencing terrible congestion after classes finish for the day.

"Traffic flow at this time is a safety concern," said Brenda Ring, principal of Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School. "There are [more than 580] students trying to get to school at the same time with cars and buses all the time in front of the school."

It can be hard for education authorities to communicate over the din of honking horns and loud students, but two-way radios can be used to provide safe traffic regulation. The X-Band technology in a model like the Motorola CP185 can block out ambient noise so that traffic regulators can direct parents and children to the appropriate locations. The addition of a Motorola headset can leave an operator's hands free to signal to incoming traffic.

The benefits of two-way radios are clear when it comes to public safety in a school parking lot, and educational boards should consider implementing them soon.

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