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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-12-08, Page 17Jack Riddell Regulations were filed this week, by the Honourable James Snow, Minister of Transportation and Communications, to improve school bus transportation. Qne of the main areas the regulations concentrate on is the school bus driver's driving record as well as the operator's moral character. The regulation setting forth measures to improve school bus safety will come into effect February 1st, 1977. These measures are - Any applicant for a school bus licence will be refused if that person's driving record shows more than six demerit points. A licence will be withdrawn from the holder if that person's driving record shows an ac- cumulation of at least nine demerit points. Any applicant will be denied a licence to drive a school bus if he or she has had a licence suspension within the past year resulting from a driving offence under The Highway Traffic Act or the Criminal Code. A School Bus Operator's licence will also be withdrawn should any bus driver be con- victed of two or more motor vehicle related offences under. the Criminal Code of Canada within the past five years. A licence will also be denied or withdrawn, should an applicant or driver have been convicted of a moral offence such as rape or indecent assault or conviction of importing or trafficking in narcotics. The reasoning behind these measures is that a driver con - Zurich. Peewees victorious (By BRIAN HORNER AND MARK KIRK). The Zurich Pee Wees travel- led to Monkton on Monday night and came up with 4-3 victory. David Smith opened the scoring with a goal at the 6:43 mark of the second period. Monkton poked in two goals in less than 24 seconds apart. Then Zurich came back fighting with goals from David Erb and Danny Becker. In the third period, Monkton came back to tie the game 3-3. At the 6:36 mark in the third period, David Smith netted the winner. Support the Hawks OHA JR. 'D' Hockey Thamesford vs Exeter 8:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 12 ZURICH ARENA Citizens News, December 8, 1976 -Page 17 Improvements to transportation sidered to be a poor risk to drive his or her family car, is also an equally poor risk to transport children daily on a school bus, In the case of the denial or with- drawal of licences because of moral offence convictions, the Minister said that we owe it to the children being transported daily to see that they are safe in every sense of the word. In addition the regulations require that a Defensive Driving Course or a School Bus Driver Improvement Course, on a one time basis, be taken before a licence is granted to operate a school bus. It will also be necessary to carry on every school bus, a First Aid kit, prescribed by the Canadian Standards Association, for school buses. There has been considerable discussion this week about a ruling of the Ontario Highway Transportation to allow Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd. to run buses on routes between Toronto and Buffalo and Toronto and Sudbury which are at present served by Gray Coach, a sub- sidiary of the Toronto Transit Commission. Gray Coach spokesmen have said that the company will appeal the decision to the Ontario Cabinet, but the Minister of Transportation and Communications has told the Legislature that he agrees with the Board's reasons for giving the ruling - complaints of poor ser- vice by Gray Coach, and the need for competition on the routes in the public interest. Leonard Moynehan, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union has charged that telegrams of support for the Greyhound service from union locals, read in the House by the Minister, were paid for by Grey. hound, and that although more jobs might be provided they would not be in Ontario, because Greyhound would then have a cross -Canada service, with drivers from the United States„or from Winnipeg driving through Ontario. A vice president of Greyhound admitted in a telephone in- terview, reported in a Toronto newspaper, that the company paid "thousands” of dollars to bring 70 witnesses to Toronto to support the company's ap- plication. Liberal Leader Stuart. Smith has stated that bus service to many small Ontario communities is threatened by the Transport Board decision to permit an American controlled company to operate on the two main Ontario routes under discussion. "It appears that the Davis Govern- ment is willing to condone this sell-out to American interests at the expense of of a Canadian Company owned by Ontario taxpayers", he said. Gray Coach officials said this week that Greyhound will skim the profits from these two money- making routes, making it im- possible for Gray Coach to continue to provide service to money losing routes in the rest of the Province. Stuart Smith and other Opposition Members have tried repeatedly to persuade the Minister of Transportation and Communications, or the Premier, to delay issuing Greyhound with the necessary pet mits, until the Cabinet has (continued on page 19) BONELESS RUMP OR Sirloin Tip Roast WHOLE SLICE Round Steak 1 LB. PKG. 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