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School buses are on the road again
Students head back to school this week and next. Which means school buses are back on the road and the school zone speed limits are back in force. OPP throughout Eastern Ontario and po- lice forces in Ottawa and other communi- ties remind drivers that the tra#c laws deal- ing with buses picking up and dropping o! students and also those governing school zones take e!ect again now that French schools in Ontario are open for class this week and the English schools reopen after the Labour Day weekend. “The OPP asks you to be attentive as the youth of communities return to school in the coming weeks,” stated Chief Superin- tendent Daniel Redmond, OPP East Region commander. “Safety is the number one pri- ority.” The Independent School Bus Operators Association (ISBOA) did a province-wide survey this past May through their mem- ber school bus companies on tra#c safety for students. The week-long survey asked school bus drivers to report on the number of incidents when a motorist failed to stop and wait when a school bus was stopped with its warning lights $ashing. During the week of the survey, 151 inci- dents were logged each day for "ve days. Three-quarters of the incidents occurred when a vehicle was approaching the school bus from the opposing lane. The survey results have raised concerns among the OPP and other police forces that too many motorists may be ignorant
of tra#c safety where school buses are con- cerned, driving while distracted at the time, or do not care. “As drivers, we know that at certain times of the day we can expect to encounter school buses during our travels,” stated Inspector Ian Chappell, OPP West Region tra#c unit. “Drivers need to be vigilant and pay attention to the $ashing red lights and other safety equipment used on buses.” The Ontario Highway Tra#c Act demands motorists stop when meeting with a school bus parked alongside the roadwith itswarn- ing lights $ashing and driver-side stop sign extended while either picking up or drop- ping o! students. All tra#c must remain at a halt until the lights stop $ashing, the stop WENDOVER | The OPP are asking for pub- lic assistance in tracking down a hit-and- run driver. Police responded to a call about an acci- dent Aug. 18 on County Road 17 near Wen- dover. The accident happened just before 3 p.m. The OPP brief states that a Kia model car was eastbound on the road when a late- model two-door Mazda 3 hatchback, blue in colour, made an illegal pass on the right of the Kia and struck the car in passing. The Kia lost control and collided with an onco-
sign folds back, and the bus resumes travel. Passing a parked school bus during such a situation results in a citation and an auto- matic minimum "ne of $400. Sti!er penal- ties may be possible. Motorists must also obey speed limits when passing through a school zone dur- ing regular school hours. Many children walk to school and they will be crossing streets in a school zone to get to class. Some school crossings have crossing guards while others do not. Drivers must take care when approaching school crosswalks and stop if students are using them or if a crossing guard is standing in the crosswalk area to help guide students to safety.
Police hunt for hit-and-run driver ming truck westbound in the opposing lane.
The car, which sustained some damage on the driver’s side, was last seen heading east away from the Wendover area. Anyone with information on the hit- and-run is asked to the Hawkesbury OPP detachment at 613-632-2729 or the Cri- meStoppers con"dential tips line at 1-800- 222-8477.
The woman driving the Kia was injured but nothing that was life-threatening. No one else was injured during the accident. The Mazda kept on going and left the accident scene. There is no description given of the man believed to be the driver.
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Domestic assaults An Aug. 20 call to a residence on Dalrymple Drive in Rockland resulted in a 47-year- old Rockland woman, name not revealed, charged with spousal assault and scheduled for the Sept. 17 court session in L’Orignal. The OPP brief stated that the victim reported his partner came home drunk, there was an argument, and then she hit him. On Aug. 23 police responded to a call from a Notre-Dame Street residence in Rock- land. The complainant reported her partner had assaulted her. A 46-year-old Rockland man, name not revealed, is charged with spousal assault and was released with an or- der to appear at the Sept. 3 provincial court session in L’Orignal. The following day the same man was arrested for breaching the no-contact condition of his release after he tried to contact the complainant through her Facebook page. He was arrested and for show-cause hearing on a charge of failure to comply.
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