E/R MTTD schools drivers on responsible driving

The Eastern Regional branch of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), has held a sensitization meeting with all drivers in the various institutions in the region, on the need to drive responsibly to reduce road accidents this year.

The programme formed part of the Regional MTTD’s efforts to reduce, by a greater number, the statistics of road accidents and deaths in the region, and the nation as a whole.

Drivers from the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), the Police headquarters, other governmental agencies and departments, as well as those from private business companies in the region, attended and participated.

They were taken through Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180, which contains the various regulations for all road users in the country and other basic concerns, bordering on responsible road usage.

Police Chief Superintendent Ebenezer Larbi, the Regional MTTD Commander, reminded the drivers on the dangers of driving when they were tired, and drinking alcohol or sniffing of substances before driving.

He also touched on unnecessary overtaking which had become a competition on the road, among drivers, adding that such situations had resulted in several fatal accidents.

Chief Superintendent Larbi urged the participants to guard against overspeeding, which so far was the cause of 90 percent road accidents, according to the National Police Statistics.

He appealed to them to observe the appropriate speed limits, as indicated by the motor-traffic regulation 163 of the LI 2180.

“When you are in a procession area or market and school places, your maximum speed should be 30 kilometres per hour, when you are in build-up areas your speed limit is 50km/h, and when you are outside an urban area, your speed should be 90km/h,” he advised.

Chief Superintendent Larbi entreated the drivers to be at peace with Police MTTD personnel on duty, since their duty was basically to help drivers to protect their own lives and that of the passengers on board.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Peter K. Duodo, the Second-in-Command of the Regional MTTD, also called on the drivers to handle their driving licenses with care, as they do to their car keys.

“Telling the Police that you have forgotten your license at home or office is no excuse and will not be accepted,” he said.

The Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), ASP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, urged the drivers not to engage in verbal exchanges with Police personnel in public, but rather report at the appropriate quarters for redress whenever they feel dissatisfied.

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Schools worry about loss of insurance as recruiting tool for drivers, cafeteria workers

“It would certainly have an impact on our ability to recruit and retain bus drivers, cafeteria workers and others,’’ said Jim Weidhaas, a spokesman for Glynn County schools.

Systems in Southeast Georgia said it’s already hard to keep people in the driver’s seat of buses.

“We need bus drivers. I’m working on a flier now to get out to schools. We may send it home with kids,’’ Weidhaas said.

Pay is one issue and another is the widely split shift, from about 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. and again from 2 until 5 p.m. in some cases, he said.

Many drivers are willing to accept the pay and hours only because of the insurance benefits they can get for their families, he said.

LeVance Gay, an assistant superintendent for Pierce County schools, said the job can be difficult.

“Imagine having two classrooms of children behind you of various ages and dispositions as you go up and down the highway,’’ Gay said. “It’s not a glamorous job, and it can be kind of stressful.’’

Of the difficulty in filling drivers’ jobs, Gay said, “People aren’t exactly knocking down our doors.’’

He also said that retaining drivers who are good at their jobs can carry into the classroom.

“They’re the face of the school district that pulls up at the driveway in the morning. They can have a pretty profound impact on how a child views a school,’’ Gay said.

The same is true for cafeteria workers because good, nutritious meals are part of the formula for classroom success, he said.

Weidhaas said the driving jobs aren’t for everyone, that it appeals to retirees who would like a little extra money and mothers who opt for jobs that coincide with school hours so they can avoid the expense of after-school programs for their children.

“It’s one of those things that has to fit right,’’ he said.

He also said that some only drive a bus until they get all their commercial certifications and then go on to better driving jobs.

There was a time when it was a good fit for rural farming communities, Gay said.

“Formerly, we had a lot of farmers and pastors’’ who drove for the health benefits, he said.

Gay said the workers were understandably upset that they could lose benefits starting Jan. 16 even though the governor has said they could find insurance of government exchanges.

As it stands now, however, legislators are getting an earful from their constituents and that may be enough to save the benefits, he said.

France's Secularism Is Driving Young Muslims Out Of School, Work And French Culture

The day after the terror attack at Charlie Hebdo, 18-year-old Maroi -- who asked to be identified by only her first name -- arrived at her public school in the 14th arrondissement to find a wall covered with huge copies of the magazine’s cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. A Muslim, she was offended but kept quiet, because now to be considered French, she said, you have to “be Charlie.” This has left Maroi and many other young French Muslims feeling like there's no place for them in France and imagining a future where Muslims create their own separate space within the steadfastly secular nation.

“The Jewish community found its place [here] because it created private structures for itself. There are a lot of Jewish schools and Jewish enterprises,” Maroi said. She did not want her last name published, like many other young Muslims, for fear of further discrimination at work and school. “We need to do the same thing. If the public doesn’t want us, we have to create our own structures.”

After the attacks at the Charlie Hebdo offices and at the Hyper Cacher kosher market that left 15 civilians and 2 police officers dead, President Barack Obama urged France to better “assimilate” French Muslims into the community. A 2012 poll showed that 68 percent of people in France blame a lack of integration on the “refusal” of immigrants to integrate into French society. That integration includes conforming to what is called here "Laïcité," which translates roughly to “secularism,” the fundamental tenet that the French state and all of its institutions must be entirely free of any references to religion.

It’s an ironclad separation of church and state, and while it leaves religious belief entirely free in the private sphere, it legislates it out of the public space.

It also means that many young Muslims are being forced to choose between their religion and succeeding at work and school. Even some who don’t live in the banlieues, the immigrant (and largely Arab and Muslim) exurban ghettos, are contemplating moving there, finding it too difficult to go to school and work in the French secular system. That may only increase France’s high youth unemployment and school dropout rate.

“I feel like I have to take off who I am. So I have to come to school empty?” said Maroi. “When I wear my veil, I just feel so good."

Maroi is used to not wearing her veil at school, since France passed a law in 2004 banning religious symbols from public schools. According to an Open Society Foundation study, a year later 20 out of 36 women polled started wearing a niqab, a veil that covers the entire face except the eyes. In 2011, the niqab was outlawed in public spaces.

Maroi changed schools last year because Lycée Emile Dubois, in the 14th arrodissement, offered a program that interested her. She said she felt pressured because of her religion as soon as she brought in her application. Thinking it wouldn’t be a problem since she was not yet a student, she wore her veil when she went to apply. She was told to remove it, and she did, but the principal then objected to her long skirt because of its length and color, black.

“I told him: I don’t understand your charter, I’ve always worn my skirt to school,” Maroi said she told the principal during a meeting at which her father was present. “Then he takes out his passport and says, ‘I’ve been to Afghanistan. I’ve been to Qatar. When my wife goes there, she has to wear a [head]scarf. So when you’re in the Republic of France, you respect the law.”

Maroi was born in France, and she has dual citizenship with Tunisia.

It's not this strict in every school, Maroi said. Her friends who go to schools in the Parisian banlieues are allowed to wear long skirts.

“If I have kids, there’s no way I will send them to public schools after what I endured there,” Maroi said. “I want them to dress the way they want.”

For young Muslims who do manage to graduate, that pressure doesn’t lighten when they enter the workforce. Last year, France’s youth unemployment rate was 26 percent, with higher percentages in the banlieues. In one especially poor banlieue, Sevran, north of Paris, the overall unemployment rate is 18 percent, but it's more than double that -- 40 percent -- among the young.

“Muslims, and especially Muslim women, can be discriminated against in access to employment and at work simply because they wear specific forms of dress,” according to a 2012 Amnesty International report. However, discrimination now transcends forms of dress in certain areas of Paris.

“To find a job, you need to open up a business yourself. To get in with them, you need to act like them. I don’t want to do that,” said Sabrina, 28, who also did not want her last name published. A high school graduate, she has been looking for work for several years.

Sabrina’s brother works at a construction site that sells materials to workers. Whenever he gets to work with his beard “too long,” his boss sends him home to shave. Fed up with being constantly chastised for his facial hair, her brother is thinking about quitting his job. The beard, like the skirt, has become an unofficial religious symbol in France.

“If you walk on the street and you see a beard, they’ll immediately think Islam,” Maroi said. “If you have a Muslim name, you can get immediately overlooked. Even if you’re more qualified.”

Both Maroi and Sabrina asked this reporter if life was as difficult for Muslims their age in cities in the U.K or the US. Maroi said her sister heard from a friend that things are easier in the U.K. They both agree that New York would be more accommodating to their religious lifestyle, and Maroi said she might even like to move to London.

“I just want to be able to do what I like, while being who I am,” Sabrina said. She wanted to work with children, but realized she could never do so in France while wearing her veil. She hopes she’ll have better luck working with the elderly.

“They should accept us how we are,” Sabrina said. “Just because we have a little something on our heads, doesn’t mean we’re bad people. We don’t do anything wrong, we just want to work. We just want to study.”

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G1 driver hasn't learned her lesson: police

NIAGARA FALLS – Police conducting a speed enforcement blitz in Niagara Falls Wednesday morning caught a pair of drivers with suspended licences, and charged a speeding G1 driver who did not have the required accompanying licenced driver with her and whose licence had been suspended due to unpaid fines – for the same pair of offences.

Following complaints of excessive speed, police were set up on McLeod Road. During the two-hour project, officers issued 11 provincial offence notices, with two drivers being charged with driving while under suspension.

Police say a female driver stopped for speeding was found to have a G1 licence and was not accompanied by a licenced driver as required. Further investigation revealed she also had her licence suspended as the result of unpaid fines for tickets she received last year for the exact set of offences – speeding and driving without an accompanying licenced driver.

She was charged with driving under suspension and her vehicle was impounded for 7 days.

The Niagara Regional Police encourage members of the public to contact its traffic hotline at 905-688-4111, ext. 5555 with traffic concerns.

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Most recently, 17-year-old Williston High School student Jonathen Joseph Stuart Bishop.
    

Now one Gainesville city Commissioner hopes families will become proactive when their teens get behind the wheel.
    

One school is already taking extra steps to keep their students safe.
    

North Marion High School in Citra started a program more than 4 years ago called "Drive For Life".
    

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Now after a number of deadly car accidents in North Central Florida in the last month.. 13-year-old Ashley Ertle and 15-year-old Emily Cook on Northwest 53rd avenue in December, 16-year-old Buchholz High School Junior Christie Bassett near Northwest 39th avenue and I-75 on Sunday, and Jonathen Joseph Stuart Bishop on Marion County road 318 Monday night, city commissioner Todd chase became concerned.
    

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School district: 26 hurt in 2 separate Union County bus accidents; 1 driver seriously injured

An inattentive school bus driver is the likely cause of one of two school bus accidents Monday morning in Union County, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.

A total of 24 people were hurt in a collision in Indian Trail, including 21 students who had minor injuries, school district spokeswoman Tahira Stalberte said. The bus had overturned and hit a van, whose driver sustained serious injuries, authorities said.

A separate Union school bus accident in Wingate injured two people, Highway Patrol Trooper John Burgin said. No students were on that bus, and the injuries were not life-threatening.

In the Indian Trail accident, the bus was taking students to Piedmont Middle and High School in Monroe.

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At 7:51 a.m., Jennifer Blake of Indian Trail was driving a school bus north on Unionville Indian Trail Road near Ridge Road, carrying 32 students. On a curve in the two-lane road, Blake drove onto the northbound shoulder, overcorrected and traveled left of the center line.

The bus then overturned and hit a Toyota minivan driving south on Unionville Indian Trail Road. The van driver, Stacie Pressley of Indian Trail, was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center. She had several broken bones and other injuries, Burgin said.

A 2-year-old in Pressley’s van had minor injuries and was taken to CMC for evaluation, Baker said. Pressley’s condition at the hospital was not immediately available.

The bus driver and 20 students were taken to CMC-Union in Monroe, and another student was taken to CMC in Charlotte, Stalberte said. One of the students had a broken arm, while others had scrapes and bruises, County Manager Cindy Coto said.

Driver inattention appears to be the likely cause of the accident, Burgin said. Charges are pending, according to Baker.

The bus driver has worked for the district since September, Stalberte said.

The other school bus accident occurred at 7:31 a.m. on Austin Chaney Road near McIntyre Road in Wingate, according to authorities. That bus was for Forest Hills High in Marshville.

Mark Nathaniel Keeter of Wingate was driving a Dodge Caravan that crossed the center line and hit the bus, Burgin said. Keeter was taken to CMC in Charlotte. The bus driver had minor injuries, officials said.

Keeter was cited for driving left of center, Burgin said.

Stalberte said the school district will investigate both accidents, which is standard procedure.

In early December, a third Union school bus was involved in a fatal wreck. A school bus driver was killed after a garbage truck crossed a center line and hit the bus head-on. No students were on board.

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