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Have Your Say - Time for flashing lights on buses

My heart goes out to the children, their families and the wider community affected by the events in Ruatoki of late.  Acknowledgements also to the support crew on the ground, in the air and medical staff around the country.  To the drivers of both vehicles-commiserations to you and your...

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Safety 'flashback'

Flashing lights on school buses do slow traffic and Kawerau pharmacist Lisa Pedersen proved it as a 12-year-old back in 1999. Her science fair project, "Flashing Light + School Bus = Safer Children", won the premier award for technology at the national schools science fair, catching the eye of...

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Bus crash girl's condition improves

The condition of an eight-year-old girl who was critically injured when a school bus she was in collided with a logging truck in the Bay of Plenty last week has improved. The crash occurred in Ruatoki, southwest of Whakatane, at 3.30pm last Monday as the bus was taking 38 students home from Taneatua...

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Horror smash: Focus on speeding trucks

EASTERN Bay logging truck operators have been warned to ensure their drivers comply with speed limits, following Monday’s horror smash in Ruatoki. Log Transport Safety Council chairman Bruce Nairn says he issued a general alert to drivers in the district yesterday to observe speed limits, following...

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