EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A new state law that expanded the stopping requirements for traffic around school buses apparently isn’t working so well in Widefield School District 3.
The law, reported by KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior in early August, before classes resumed, requires drivers — especially those traveling in the opposite direction — to stop for buses that have their stop arms deployed and flashing lights on while loading and unloading students.
Drivers in the opposite direction, however, don’t have to stop if there is a median or other physical barrier separating directions of traffic.
A Widefield school bus driver recently contacted The Road Warrior, saying that drivers frequently violate the law.
At one stop in particular — according to Jason Schwartz, the district’s transportation director — up to seven violations occur daily during the high school and middle school pickups between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m…