Hopkins (Minn.) Public Schools is testing Safe Fleet’s Predictive Stop-Arm. It uses radar technology and predictive analytics to notify bus drivers and students when risk is detected outside the bus.
Winners will receive up to $50,000 in smart fleet hardware technology.
More than 50 NSTA members are participating in over 120 individual meetings in congressional offices to address industry issues such as illegal school bus passing.
More than a dozen passengers are taken to the hospital after the bus runs off the road and tips over on its side.
Police are searching for a gunman who reportedly shot at a school bus full of students. No one is injured.
School districts can install the cameras to record evidence of motorists illegally passing buses. Violators are charged a $100 fine and a $100 assessment, part of which goes into a fund to help districts purchase the cameras.
The bus is forced to stop in the middle of the road as a vehicle allegedly stops in front of it. The occupants get out to shout at the bus driver, take pictures, and follow the bus along its route.
When a pickup truck enters her lane of travel, Danielle Kennedy of Michigan honks her horn, swerves in a split second, and avoids impact. Twenty-five students are aboard at the time.