As the new school year approaches, the general manager of Thunder Bay's student transportation consortium is reminding motorists to be careful when driving near school buses.
Posted: Aug 28, 2023 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
During the 2022-23 school year, bus drivers reported 996 vehicles passing school buses that had their red lights flashing and their stop arms extended, Murphy said. "All that's telling motorists is that the bus is about to stop, and you should be prepared to stop as well," Murphy said. "It's still legal to pass a bus with the yellow lights flashing, but as soon as that bus stops and the yellow lights go out and the red lights come on and the stop arm comes out, at that point [it] is absolutely illegal to pass a school bus."
"We have to remind people that if you don't stop, you could kill a child," Daigneault said. "It's very serious, and apart from the fact that it's extremely serious, and it could cause serious bodily injury, you could be facing some stiff fine."The Ontario website states a driver could receive six demerit points and a fine between $400 and $2,000 for illegally passing a school bus, if it's a first offence.
STSTB also re-examined its routes in preparation for the new school year, eliminating six of them and reassigning affected students to other buses. "Some regions experience competitive market forces, so they're unable to attract drivers to the same degree as some other regions," she said. "So it's really regional-specific."
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