School is back in session. Children will be on the streets. Whether walking or biking to classes or entering and exiting a car or bus, they face danger out there on the road.

Traffic can get pretty bad in the two Texarkanas and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. But drivers have a responsibility to take every precaution near schools or wherever children congregate.

Everybody knows this. But many still don’t take it to heart.

It is not uncommon to see drivers speeding in school zones, for example. Nor is it rare to see a driver chatting away on his or her c...