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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2015

Virginia lawmaker proposes change to school bus stop-arm camera law

New legislation would clarify that police can issue citations by mail instead of having to deliver them in person, after Falls Church and Arlington County had stopped issuing citations in October.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserDecember 3, 2015

West Virginia district testing electrical extended school bus stop arm

Kanawha County Schools is testing an electric-powered extended stop arm that may become a more consistent upgrade to the current air-powered version it uses on 10 of its buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2015

No one on school bus hurt in hit-and-run

The bus was stopped to pick up a student when the driver of a Nissan Altima struck the back of the bus. The driver fled but was later caught by police.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2015

New Rules for School Bus Driver Int'l Safety Competition

NSTA, which hosts the annual event, announces rule changes that will go into effect for the 2016 competition in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2015

Mother launches car service to transport students

Keyona Vines of Wisconsin started Kiddie Mobile in July. The service operates on a pre-pay system, gives parents flexibility in scheduling rides and records all trips with a dash camera.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 1, 2015

Police see success with stop-arm enforcement in Prince Edward Island

Enforcement action around school bus stops last month seems to have resonated with drivers, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2015

Pennsylvania school bus driver facing DUI charges

A student noticed that Vanessa Baillis seemed to forget where she was going, and a criminal complaint states that Baillis drove off the road and fell asleep behind the wheel. Blood work showed oxycodone and a powerful anti-anxiety drug in her system.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2015

Survey estimates over 30K illegal school bus passing incidents in New York

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s Nov. 18 survey found that 1,020 bus drivers reported a total of 627 illegal passing incidents. When applied to over 50,000 school buses statewide, the total estimated illegal passing rate is 30,735 for that day.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonNovember 24, 2015

Student behavior cited as factor in school bus crash

A driver in Colorado was distracted by noisy students before his bus veered off of a narrow road and rolled last week, district officials say. The driver was new to the job.

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Newsby StaffNovember 24, 2015

School bus drivers honored for saving students from fire

Sammy Agunbiade of Houston, Texas, rushes the 30 students off the bus when he hears popping sounds and smells something strange. The bus explodes into flames as a second bus driver comes to take the students farther away from the bus.

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