{"id":42090,"date":"2024-01-18T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=42090"},"modified":"2024-01-18T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:03:54","slug":"reports-of-vehicles-passing-school-buses-with-red-lights-on-results-in-increased-police-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=42090","title":{"rendered":"Reports of vehicles passing school buses with red lights on results in increased police enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> RCMP are increasing enforcement along Cobequid Road after receiving word that vehicles were not stopping for school buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the RCMPNS twitter\/X, police said during the past three days there were 11 reports sent to them of vehicles failing to stop for school buses on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is said to have occurred where there are four lanes of traffic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of these complaints, RCMP officers have increased enforcement in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All lanes must stop for a school bus when it\u2019s stopped with its red lights flashing and stop sign displayed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Failure to stop for a school bus could result in a fine of $410.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also lose six demerit points on your licence if you fail to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For new drivers, six or more points results in a six-month driving suspension. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drivers can also be charged for passing a school bus with amber warning lights flashing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fine for failing to pass with caution is $295.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] LOWER SACKVILLE: RCMP are increasing enforcement along Cobequid Road after receiving word that vehicles were not stopping for school buses. On the RCMPNS twitter\/X, police said during the past three days there were 11 reports sent to them of vehicles failing to stop for school buses on Cobequid Road in Lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2,13,14,5395],"class_list":["post-42090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-fall-river","tag-lower-sackville","tag-rcmp","tag-school-buses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}