Public invited to comment on school bus ad policy

Published: Thursday, June 30 2011 2:31 p.m. MDT

SALT LAKE CITY — UDOT finalized its rules on the placement and content of ads on school buses. Those rules are basically formalizing what HB199 laid out during the last legislative session.

"The ads can't have anything that's illegal for minors, like cigarettes or alcohol," UDOT spokeswoman Tania Mashburn explained. "They can't have anything sexual, they can't have anything political."

The ads cannot be on the inside, front or back of a bus. They can only be on the side, and only take up 35 percent of the side of the bus.

Mashburn said those rules now go into a public comment period for 30 days. Anyone wanting to comment on the policy can do so at rules.utah.gov.

— Mary Richards

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EJM

Herriman, UT

The sky is falling, according to My2 and Jazzcop, if we allow school buses to have advertising on buses. With all due respect come on now. This puts our kids at risk? We have had soft drink companies and candy companies in our schools for years and I More..

1:30 p.m. July 1, 2011
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My2Cents

Kearns, UT

The public opinions don't seem to get much merit or notice on these kinds of matters. Money is the decision maker. The question that should be asked is if the parents are willing to sacrifice their children for the schools to raise office party More..

5:56 a.m. July 1, 2011
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Jazz Cop

San Francisco, CA

no, no, and no.
we will not subject our kids to the idea that shameless advertising is ok, that objectification of people as objects is a problem and this is not a solution, it only makes it worse.

9:36 a.m. July 1, 2011
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