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All Motorists Are Urged To Use Extreme Caution As Students 'Stir'
CHILDREN WILL RIDE IN SAFETY after school
bus equipment is thoroughly checked in
preparation for the opening of the term August
28.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES as law enforcement of
ficers make sure that traffic signs are in Rood
condition to remind motorists that slow speed is
essential in school zones.
Officials Plead
For Extreme Care
In All Driving
Local police and school author
ities, as well as public officials
in similar positions all over the
nation arc planning to make this
coming school year the safest on
record for the youngsters.
That this will be a most diffi
cult year in the history of traffic
safety precautions for school
children is apparent on the sur
face of things.
New car registrations ? more
higher powered cars than ever
before?continue to climb. More
older cars than ever are on the
road.
The number of children going
back to school takes another
surge this year. Yet the number
of policemen available for regu
lation of the traffic which men
aces the youngsters is. in most in
stances. proportionately less.
Many cities are making extra
efforts to amplify safeguards for
school children through organiza
tion of Adult Crossing Guards,
and more and more children are
being recruited into the valiant
and time-tried service of the
.school Safety Patrols.
The Corps of Crossing Guards,
recruited from among women,
many of them mothers of school
children, supplement both the
work of the patrols and the police
during peak school traffic hours
Officials are alerting motorists
to the opening of school well in
advance of the official date he
cause they know that, in addition
to human alertness, mechanical
preparations also must be made
to insure the youngsters more
?safety.
"Be ready for what's ahead by
doing something more than just
thinking about it," say the offi
cials. "Make sure now that your
car is in good mechanical condi
tion; that it will respond instant
ly to all controls the moment any
emergency arises."
Specifically they urge that
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School Bus Operation Is
Planned For Utmost Safety
School busses hardly need back
up lights, it seems. For one thing,
they are forbidden to back even
sne foot on school grounds and
for another, they very seldom
operate after dark.
There is no rule that forbids
their operation at night, says
county superintendent of schools
Lawrence Lcatherwood. but there
is a very strict prohibition against
backing at all when on school
property.
The no-backing order is part
of the safety program for the
countie's 59 school busses. 'Last
year the state had five fatal
accidents caused by a bus's back
ing over a child.)
Drivers are also instructed to
display their STOP flag 100 feet
before actually making the stop.
This gives the driver behind a
chance to pass, if the school bus
is traveling slawly enough, or
to slow dowaand prepare to. stop
if he does not pass. School busses
are also supposed to travel 300
feet apart, to permit following
drivers to pass one at a time.
These and other rules of the
school road are learned by the
drivers in a training course, the
last of which was held this spring.
The drivers who want to handle
a school bus must satisfy rigid
requirements before they are con
sidered for the position
Each driver is responsible for
the condition of his bus. lie must
keep it clean and see that nec
essary repairs are made. Every
month tha State Highway Patrol
inspects each bus to make sure
that it is roadworthy.
Maintenance of the equipment
also includes paint jobs as often
as feasible and. of course, every
day gas and oil jobs. Four men
are needed for this work, includ
ing one who. spends his entire
time gassing up the buses. Tanks
are refilled every other day.
Most of the buses serve the
Waynesville school district, but
fast-growing Bethel uses more
than a dozen; Fines Creek, six
and Clyde and Crabtree-lron
Duff, five each. ?
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