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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 19, 2015 10:45 AM |
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| From: | Representative John D McGinnis |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship of Legislation – Allowing buses to use the same safety features as school buses when transporting school-aged children for non-school purposes |
| In the near future, I will introduce legislation which allows buses to operate the safety features available to school buses when transporting school-aged children for non-school purposes. Recently, a young girl in my district was stuck by a passing motorist while getting off a bus that was transporting children to a church service. The impatience of this driver caused the girl to be hit and thrown about 20 feet into a snow bank, which luckily helped her avoid a more tragic outcome. Thankfully, she is now on the road to recovery with pins and rods in her right leg. Although the bus was equipped with the same stop arm and flashing lights on a school bus, under Pennsylvania Law, these safety features that could have been used to prevent this unfortunate accident were not legally allowed to be operated. My bill would change this inconsistency, and protect children getting on and off buses the same way they are protected when going to and from school. Please join me in sponsoring this important piece of legislation for the safety of school-aged children. Thank you for your consideration. |
Introduced as HB948