School bus pick up and drop off points

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Sue Evison
155-163 Boorah Road
JIMBOOMBA QLD 4280
Total Signatures - 59
Sponsoring Member: Aidan McLindon MP
Posting Date: 15/2/2011
Closing Date: 3/8/2011
Tabled Date: 4/8/2011
Responded By: Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP on 6/9/2011
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland citizens draws to the attention of the House that in the Beaudesert Electorate there has been a number of serious accidents and the fatality of an eight year old boy after he left his school bus.  The absence of pick-up and drop-off points is an ongoing hazard and needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

 

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to investigate the definition of roads which require designated pick-up and drop-off points and the introduction of flashing lights which require both sides of traffic to stop when a bus is making a pick-up or drop-off in a non-designated stop.