Follow up: Thanks to everyone who responded! The PPS Transportation Office at 412-622-3980 was the route to go in this case. The operator took the complaint seriously and will follow-up. Mary Jo On 1/8/08, Mary Jo Dorsey <mjdorsey1@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello fellow frustrated residents who experience disregard for the school zone at Dillworth and Heberton/Meadows.

This morning as I stopped at the intersection on Stanton Ave heading across Heberton/Meadows toward Highland, a SCHOOL VAN sped through the stop sign at Meadows (not stopping at all) and turned left onto Stanton at a disturbing speed. I was in disbelief. Drivers often skim that intersection and treat the stop signs as optional, however, this was at 9:20 AM, some children were still about, the markers were still in the cross-walks, and this was a school van.

My question is: How is this type of negligence kept in balance? I did record the van license number, it's van number and the color of the van. I caught a glimpse of the 2 females in the driver/passenger seat, but I'm not sure where to begin. Is the van line run by a private company or by the school district?

It made me very angry to see this blatent disregard for safety. The fact that it was a school van brought my thoughts to post here.

Thanks for comments.

Mary Jo

-- Mary Jo Dorsey School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh

-- Mary Jo Dorsey School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh