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Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey

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Originally Posted by linz3112 (Post 8904659)

I know about Stopping for School Buses,

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 8905002)

You got that wrong. In the City of Calgary, there is no such thing;):p

Even though it appears that AC is being facetious he is in fact correct.

City of Calgary bylaw Number 26M96 states.

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SCHOOL BUSES
38. (1) The operator of a vehicle bearing the sign â€œSchool Busâ€ shall not activate the alternately flashing red or yellow lights on the vehicle while loading or unloading passengers on a highway in the City except on those highways listed in Schedule â€œLâ€ of this Bylaw.
(2) The requirement under the Act for the operator of a school bus to make a mandatory stop at a railway crossing not controlled by a traffic control signal shall not apply to such uncontrolled crossings within the corporate limits.

Schedule "L" is a PDF document located here. http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source...UzMmJQ&cad=rja

Thus there is no requirement to stop for a school bus within most of the of the city limits. However if you do see one with flashing lights I'd stop if I were you as you're likely in an area covered by Schedule "L". ;)

Seems rather counter intuitive to the safety of school kids but that's the bylaw. On the other hand one very, very rarely hears of any accidents involving children around stopped school buses.

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8915780)

On the other hand one very, very rarely hears of any accidents involving children around stopped school buses.

I would hope that is because people know that they should drive carefully around them rather than being forced into it by bylaws etc.

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8915786)

I would hope that is because people know that they should drive carefully around them rather than being forced into it by bylaws etc.

I thought that was fairly obvious and didn't need to be said.

However you are correct and given some of the drivers we've likely all seen at one time or another it may be inevitable that the bylaw may have to be changed.

Playground zones and school zones seem to getting ignored more and more these days.:frown:

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8915792)

I thought that was fairly obvious and didn't need to be said.

You could say that about a lot of my posts.

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8915803)

You could say that about a lot of my posts.

See my edit. ;)