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Remember to Stop When School Bus Lights Flash

October 21st to 25th is National School Bus Safety Week.

Student busing is a very safe form of transportation, but the area immediately around a school bus when it is picking up or dropping off children can become a hazard zone due to careless drivers.

School Districts and the RCMP are urging drivers to remember to stop and wait while the red school bus lights are flashing.

Those lights and the small stop signs that extend outward from a school bus indicate that children may be crossing the road.

Carol Combs has been a school bus driver on Vancouver Island for 15 years. She says most drivers are good, but there are those who don’t stop and wait until it’s safe to go, and others don’t even want to stop.

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Combs says she will use the air horn on her bus to warn children to step back if she sees that a driver is going to ignore the warning lights and go past the bus.

If a motorist fails to stop and wait until it’s safe to proceed, police can issue a ticket that carries a fine of three-hundred-and-68 dollars.

 

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