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Public schools in Virginia are opening this fall with more than 900,000 pupils enrolled, Dr. Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction and a member of the Governor's Highway Safety Committee, said today in urging
motorists to drive carefully to protect them. More than 475,000 of these vj pupils will be transported in •j 5,400 school buses, which will ft travel dally the mileage equivalent to covering the entire p State highway system approxir mately -five times each day. During the school year, there ' will be approximately 75 million road crossings by childf ren going to and from school buse8, the superintendent .*? said. Dr. Wilkerson pointed out that Virginia law requires all motor vehicles to stop when approaching a school bus which is loading or unloading • children. “The vehicle must remain stopped," theSuperin■( tendent said, “until the bus is again in motion and the road is clear of children. The law affects motor vehicles approaching buses from any direction and applies to all < types of roads, includingmultiple-lane, divided highways.” " * The Superintendent asked motorists to drive with caution £when approaching children ^crossing- streets, walking
H|along highways, or waiting for PPschool buses. rfi #■ The opening of school . r \ Vr brings heavy concentrations of young people in the morning and afternoon and their thoughts frequently are not '• /concentrated on traffic hazA,ards,” he observed. Illustrating the vulnerability
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