Los Banos Rotary Club History
Langston Is Speaker At Rotary Luncheon

Highway Patrolman Wayne Langston of Merced, spoke to members of the Rotary Club Tuesday noon relative to the increasing rate of traffic accidents in this county, particularly accidents involving school children. He called attention to the regulation requiring motorist to bring their vehicle to a complete stop before passing school buses stopped along the highway to receive or discharge passengers, and said that all members of the Highway Patrol were waging a continuous enforcement program in this respect.

There have already been two such accidents in the county this year, one in which a six-year-old child was instantly killed and the other resulting in serious injury.

Langston, who is in charge of school bus inspection in the county, told of the constant inspection that is maintained to insure mechanical safety of the buses, and said that school buses in California are among the nation’s best from a mechanical standpoint.

But mechanical perfection of the school bus isn’t the complete answer, Langston emphasized, as he pointed out that the average youngster isn’t aware or afraid of the danger that lurks along the highway. As a consequence, all motorists must exercise extreme caution while driving in areas where there are children.

March 18, 1947

 

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