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No. 3B05B0261
Filed March 13, 2006.
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT

A.D. 2006
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) Appeal from the Circuit CourtILLINOIS, ) of the 12th Judicial Circuit ) Will County, IllinoisPlaintiff-Appellee, )) No. 04-TR-121458
v. ))ANGELA L. MATYSIK, ) Honorable
) Kathleen Kallan,
Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge, Presiding.

JUSTICE SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant, Angela Matysik, was issued a traffic citation for approaching, overtaking and passing a school bus. See 625 ILCS 5/11--1414(a) (West 2002). After a bench trial, the defendant was found guilty. Pursuant to statute, her driver=s license was suspended for three months and she received a $150 fine. 625 ILCS 5/11--1414(f) (West 2002).
On appeal, the defendant argues: (1) her conduct in making a right-hand turn from a stop sign in front of a school bus did not violate Illinois law; (2) she did not violate the statute in question because the school bus driver placed her in an extraordinary and unanticipated circumstance; and (3) she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. FACTS

The record reflects that at 8:55 a.m. on November 4, 2004, the defendant was driving to work in her automobile when she approached the intersection of Brickstone and Rainford Streets in Frankfort, Illinois. Rainford Street runs north and south and Brickstone Street runs east and west. The defendant was proceeding south on Rainford.
The defendant testified that there was a stop sign at the corner of Brickstone and Rainford Streets. As she stopped at the stop sign, the defendant saw a school bus to her left. The school bus was stopped facing west on Brickstone Street.
The defendant looked at the bus driver and saw that the bus driver was waving her arms at her. The defendant did not know why the bus driver was waving her arms. She thought the bus driver may have wanted to turn down the street that the defendant was coming out of because there were vehicles parked on both sides of the street. Therefore, she made a right turn and proceeded west on Brickstone Street. She did not see the school bus stop arm extended out.
Lori Dattulo testified that she was a school bus driver for Lincoln Way Transportation in school district 210. According to Dattulo, at around 8:55 a.m. on November 4, 2004, she approached the corner of Brickstone and Rainford Streets. She turned on her yellow flashers which are located at the top of the school bus, and she extended the flashing four-foot stop sign which is located on the side of the bus. At that time, she was Ahitched around the corner@ of Brickstone and Rainford Streets in a north

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