{"id":47213,"date":"2021-09-07T08:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=47213"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:05:03","slug":"back-to-school-watch-for-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/07\/back-to-school-watch-for-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School &#8220;Watch for Buses&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspector Tyler Sturgeon, Detachment Commander for the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), wants to ensure everyone has an enjoyable and safe 2021 &#8211; 2022 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists should be extra attentive and prepared to stop for school buses from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.\u00a0Additionally, please watch for school students walking to and from schools and bus stops.\u00a0Always give pedestrians the right of way.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are reminded that failing to stop when meeting or overtaking a school bus is dangerous and could have dire consequences.<\/p>\n<p>When driving on a road without a median:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>drivers travelling in both directions must stop for a stopped school bus with its upper red lights flashing and stop arm out<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>when following a school bus, stop 20 meters behind the bus<\/li>\n<li>don&#8217;t move forward until the red lights have stopped flashing or the bus begins to move<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drivers and vehicle owners will be charged if their vehicle illegally passes a stopped school bus. Fines range from $490 to $2000 plus six demerit points for a first offence and from $1000 to $4000, six demerit points and possible jail time up to six months for each subsequent offence.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please visit:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.mto.gov.on.ca\/english\/safety\/school-bus-safety.shtml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspector Tyler Sturgeon, Detachment Commander for the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), wants to ensure everyone has an enjoyable and safe 2021 &#8211; 2022 school year. Motorists should be extra attentive and prepared to stop for school buses from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,3358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-school-bus-cancellations"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 05:11:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47214,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47213\/revisions\/47214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}