Only weeks into the academic year, two people in Huron County have been charged with passing a stopped school bus.
OPP say a 77 year old driver was charged with Failing to Stop for a Stopped School Bus on Morris Road.
A 24-year-old driver was also charged when she failed to stop for a stopped school bus on Huron Road, police say.
In both instances, officers say, young children were preparing to load onto the bus when the vehicles passed by at highway speeds.
When driving on a road WITHOUT a median:
- Drivers travelling in both directions must stop for a stopped school bus with its upper red lights flashing and/or stop arm activated.
- When you approach the bus from the front, stop at a safe distance to let children get on or off the bus and cross the road.
- Don’t move forward until the red lights have stopped flashing and the stop arm is no longer activated or the bus begins to move.
If convicted, the driver/owner can be fined from $400 up to $2,000 for a first offence and, for subsequent convictions, may be fined from $1,000 – $ 4,000, receive imprisonment, or both.
