a) A serious Type I safety hazard exists if
the total of the points from the tables and any judgment points equals or
exceeds 12 and the situation qualifies for points from at least Tables 1, 2 and
5. The situation is not disqualified if no points are obtained from Tables 3
and 4. School districts should add judgment points if found proper even though
the points from the tables alone equal or exceed 12.
b) Determination of serious safety hazard.
1) Factors to be considered. The following
factors are relevant in determining whether children walking along a
roadway
are endangered by a serious safety hazard: grade of pupil, location of walkway
in relation to
roadway, speed of traffic, volume of traffic and length of
hazardous sections. To determine whether a serious safety hazard exists in a
particular situation, a school board shall assign points as appropriate for
these factors using the following tables (fractional points may be assigned
only in accordance with the tables):
A) Grade
of Pupil - Table 1
GRADE
|
POINTS
|
K-8
|
5
|
9-12
|
2
|
B)
Location of
Walkway - Table 2
LOCATION
|
DIST. BETWEEN EDGES
OF ROADWAY AND WALK*
|
POINTS
|
Walkway on Shoulder
(no curb present)
|
Less than 5 Ft.
5 Ft. - 10 Ft.
|
3
1
|
Walkway Behind
Curb or Ditch
|
Less than 4 Ft.
4 Ft. - 8 Ft.
|
2
0.5
|
* Pupils walking immediately adjacent to the roadway on
a walkway less than 2 feet in width are considered to be walking on the
roadway.
|
C)
Speed of Traffic - Table 3
SPEED (MPH)
|
POINTS
|
50-55
|
4
|
40-45
|
2
|
30-35
|
0.5
|
D)
Volume of Traffic - Table 4
HOURLY VOLUME
|
POINTS
|
2-Lane
|
4-Lane
|
Greater than 1500
|
5
|
4
|
1200-1500
|
4
|
3
|
800-1199
|
3
|
2
|
400-799
|
2
|
1
|
100-399
|
1
|
0.5
|
E)
Length of Hazardous Section - Table 5
DISTANCE (MILES)
|
POINTS
|
Greater than 1.0
|
2
|
0.8 - 1.0
|
1.5
|
0.5 - 0.7
|
1
|
0.2 - 0.4
|
0.5
|
2) Judgment points. A school district may add
one or two points for judgment factors peculiar to the hazards due to vehicular
traffic in a specific situation. These additions must be accompanied by
adequate information to justify the special circumstances being
considered.
3) Examples:
A) Pupils going to an elementary school with
pupils through 5th grade, on a
walkway 4' from the
roadway on a shoulder, along
a 2-lane road posted 50 m.p.h., with an hourly average volume of 500 vehicles,
for a distance of 1/2 mile, would have the following points:
5(Table 1) + 3(Table 2) + 4(Table 3) + 2(Table 4) + 1(Table 5)
= 15
Since the point total (15) exceeds 12, the situation qualifies
for all pupils at the school.
B) Pupils going to an elementary school with
pupils through 6th grade, on a
walkway 3' from a 4-lane
roadway that has curbs
and is posted at 25 m.p.h., with an hourly average volume of 1300 vehicles, for
a distance of 11/4 mile, would have the following points:
5(Table 1) + 2(Table 2) + 0(Table 3) + 3(Table 4) + 2(Table 5)
= 12
Since the point total equals 12, the situation qualifies for
pupils through 6th grade. Points from tables 1, 2 and 5 (but not 3 and 4) are
required to qualify for this type (Type I) of hazardous
situation.