Safe Driving Reminders

BONNERS FERRY - School is coming to a closure and soon there will be an increase in the traffic downtown, due to families on vacation.

Main Street, downtown is a double, solid yellow line. According to the Idaho State Driving manual, double yellow lines—Two solid yellow lines mean that neither lane of traffic can cross the lines unless they are turning and the ONLY time a driver is permitted to cross a double yellow line is when turning left into a driveway or entrance to a business. No passing is allowed and U Turns are prohibited in no-passing zones--which means all of Main Street.

When parking on Main Street or any other public road, you must park the same direction as traffic on your side of the road.

In Idaho, reading, writing, sending, or receiving of written communication (text messaging) while driving is illegal. It will result in a fine, but will only be considered a moving violation when the driver is in operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Countless motor vehicle crashes are due to people who are texting or dialing while driving. Texting while driving is six times more dangerous than driving impaired, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Emergency vehicles or police that are running their sirens or flashing lights, according the Idaho State Driving manual, drivers are to immediately pull over to the nearest edge of the road and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed.

Please remember to slow down and to take the time to park in a legal parking spot and drive around the block to fit into that parking spot across the street. Yes, "it's only Bonners Ferry" but you might just be saving someone’s life.