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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 9THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 20088 FREE JOB TRAINING We are hiring school bus drivers. CALL TODAY! Never pass a school bus that is loading or unloading passengers. 379 Queen St. E. Acton ON L7J 2N2 519-853-1550 ?? ?????????????????? ??????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ????????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????? ???????????????????????????? ?????? ????? ???????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????? ????????????? Alice Anne LeMay Chair of the Board ??????????????? Director of Education Gillian Tuck Kutarna Chair of the Board Wayne Joudrie Director of Education ?????????????????????????????School is back. Please Drive Safely! ??????????????? ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????? 137 MILL ST. E. ACTON 519-853-0620 PLEASE DRIVE SAFE 16 Mill Street East, Acton ON L7J 1G9 Tel: (519)853-9555 Fax:(519)853-9555 Email: actonbia@aztec-net.com Web: www.dowtownacton.ca DOWNTOWN ACTON Please Drive Safe ??????????? ???????? We love our children Please Drive Safely! ?????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????????? ?????????????? ?????????????? ???????????????? ?????? ??????? BACK TO SCHOOL These messages are brought by these concered advertisers Remember to stop for school buses School started this Tuesday and school buses are picking up and dropping off students. Police are reminding drivers, they must stop for school buses when signal lights are flashing. Every year, police receive numerous reports of school buses being unlawfully overtaken by motorists, says an OPP media relations officer. When a school bus is stopped, drivers are obliged to follow these rules: 175 (11) Every driver or street car operator, when meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip, a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights flashing, shall stop before reaching the bus and shall not proceed until the bus moves or the overhead red signal-lights have stopped flashing. 175 (12) Every driver or street car operator on a highway, when approaching from the rear a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights flashing, shall stop at least twenty metres before reaching the bus and shall not proceed until the bus moves or the overhead red signal-lights have stopped flashing. Some drivers are confused about when they must stop. Overhead school bus lights are activated when the driver is about to stop. This warns drivers of the impending stop and gives them an opportunity to stop safely, much like the role of an amber traffic signal. They break the law when they pass a stopped school bus with overhead lights activated. The most common reasons for passing stopped buses seems to be inattention, excessive speed and ignorance of the law with respect to multiple lane situations, says the OPP. Whenever a school bus is passed children are placed in harms way so drivers can expect to be charged regardless of their excuse. Likewise, if their actions resulted in the death of a child, an excuse would probably do little to clear their conscience! BUSSING BEGINS: School buses are back on the road transporting our children to school. The buses may seem inconvenient to drivers but remember, they are carrying our precious cargo to school and back as evidenced here as this bus unloads its precious cargo at St. Josephs school Tuesday morning. - Marie Shadbolt photo.