Show Watch For ForSch Sch School Buses We Ve have some advice for our readers that we ve have given from un time L to time lime u at this his time of un L u year but we offer no apologies on this score since we feel it bears repeating repealing Now that schools have started all over over the countr country and the fall weather js is about to get down to business it would be bewell bewell well for drivers to remember that darker days clays and poor b lity often add up to tragedy involving school buses The fine is and andor andlor lor 30 days in n jail for passing a school bus when the red and amber lights on the bus are arc flashing indicating that children are getting on or off the bus The highway patrol has indicated indicated in in- that it intends to begin enforcing rigidly this law ena enacted enacted en en- I a acted ted during the last State Stale leg- leg The law means simply that when the red and ambe ambe- lights on a school bus flash it is a signal for motorists approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap or overtaking a bus busto busto busto to stop unless unless' the highway is is' is by double-double double linor una lin- lin f rr or r a barrier In this case all alls ts s approaching a school bus with a flashing red light from the rear must stop slop Motorists on the opposite side of the barrier barrier bar bar- rier ncr approaching hing the bus from the front may continue without stopping even though the amber lights are arc flashing Wayne Vayne B B. Ringer of the Utah Safet Safety Safely Council warns warns' that it is time now to adjust our driving habits to allow for our our school schoolchildren schoolchildren schoolchildren children who are back on the streets and highways He reminds reminds reminds re re- re- re minds that it takes more than thana a distance istance between goal posts on a football field yards yard to stop a car traveling 60 GO miles per hour under the best driving conditions At 60 mph a car travels 88 feet per second We uVe must constantly be alert to the possibility of children crossing the paths of our automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles he lie says In In hilly areas in poor visibility visibility visibility vis vis- vis- vis or on curves cars traveling traveling trav tray eling cling at today's high speeds are often pressed hard to stop if they do not see a standing bus busa a good distance ahead Although Although Although Al Al- though school buses are supposed suppose e ed ea to show blinking lights or stop slop signals in the form of a raised sign or in some other fashion these signals are sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times flashed d dangerously y late lale by the driver and oncoming c cars rs are given very verj little time timeto to stop Therefore we take lake this sion t to call the Uie attention I If Sf of f all drivers to lo the fact that as days g get t shorter and winter weather increases its intensity eyes should be kept peeled for school buses especially in the early morning and early afternoon in inan inan an an au effort to lo avoid wh what t ea could ld d be the worst possible tragedy on 1 the highways |