LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Tomorrow begins the school yr for Lee, Charlotte, Glades, and Hendry counties. Kids getting to and from faculty will motivate a site visitors frenzy on the roads, so Cape Coral Police Department is reminding people to force smart due to the fact they’ll be watching. “Our officers could be riding around checking for human beings passing school busses, humans dashing in school zones, and just checking the traffic close to the schools,” said Patrick O’Grady, Master Sergeant for Cape Coral Police Department. O’Grady says a not-unusual mistake humans make is not understanding that it is illegal to bypass a school bus, although it’s a multiple-lane road. “Stop. You truly have to stop.”
Drivers can get a $ hundred sixty-five first-rate for illegally passing a bus on the left facet and a $265 fine for passing on the proper side. Retired Cape Coral Police Officer Jeff Jones used paint within the Traffic Division for the branch and said what worries him the most is youngsters getting dropped off at busy intersections. “That’s double jeopardy. And leaving their children on their very own to move the road, and now they haven’t any crosswalks or something else,” Jones stated. Jones reminds drivers that youngsters might be beginning at a new school, and the character riding them is probably studying a new course. “The mother and father driving their children to this brand new college occasionally do not know the traffic styles. Have a little patience.” Jones stated.