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The studies would assess motorists’ knowledge of laws that prohibit passing stopped school buses and stop-arm camera effectiveness.
Read More →Footage of an illegal passer nearly striking a West Virginia boy leaving his school bus is being used for public education and driver training. And the state has a variety of other initiatives that are helping to crack down on stop-arm running.
Read More →Bus drivers that participated in the New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s survey on Oct. 21 were passed a total of 492 times. Applied to over 50,000 school buses statewide, the total estimated illegal passing rate is 19,129 for that day.
Read More →Five Iowa districts that tested supplemental warning lights on school buses have seen stop-arm violations drop by at least 50%.
Read More →Video footage from the Arkansas bus shows a student exiting and then the bus driver honking as a police car passes the bus in the September incident.
Read More →The Pupil Transportation Safety Institute (PTSI) has completed a public service announcement (PSA) that emphasizes the necessity for motorists to stop when a school bus’ red lights are flashing and its stop sign is extended.
Read More →The school district partners with American Traffic Solutions to equip its buses with the company’s CrossingGuard system, which mounts purpose-built cameras on the side of the school bus. When the stop arm is deployed, the camera automatically detects a vehicle illegally passing the stop arm in either direction and captures video of the violation and still images of a vehicle‘s license plate.
Read More →City Schools of Decatur will deploy CrossingGuard, which is equipped with external cameras that capture an image of a violating vehicle's license plate and a video clip of the event. The schools, police department and supplier have also released a video public service announcement to help educate the community about the student safety initiative.
Read More →NYAPT’s latest study of illegal passing of school buses finds an increased rate of violations compared to previous counts.
Read More →An Arkansas school district has equipped buses with a 247Security system that includes an exterior camera to catch drivers who illegally pass.
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