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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 17, 2016

Georgia County Approves Stop-arm Camera Program

The school district, government and police department in Fulton County partner on the initiative to crack down on illegal passing of school buses.

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ArticlesFebruary 26, 2016

Beyond Compliance: Rewarding Safety Programs

Several voluntary safety program best practices would be worthy of inclusion in a beyond compliance program. NSTA encourages FMCSA to utilize the performance metrics of preventable accidents, non-preventable accidents and Department of Transportation reportable crashes when measuring all programs.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2016

District changes school bus policies following reports of assaults

Great Bend (Kan.) School District 428 now requires adults to sit among students on bus trips and is adding cameras to all its buses after two students reported being sexually assaulted on the bus.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2016

AngelTrax trains sales team, honors top performers

The mobile video surveillance supplier holds its annual National Sales Meeting, bringing together regional sales execs from across the U.S.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 16, 2016

New York stop-arm survey estimates 35K violations

NYAPT’s latest study of illegal passing of school buses finds an increased rate of violations compared to previous counts.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonNovember 11, 2015

Thomas Built Buses launches new technology platform

BusWise for the C2 school bus will integrate Zonar’s tracking and operations solutions to provide real-time info. Features include Mobileye collision warning and a 360-degree camera system.

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Newsby StaffNovember 6, 2015

District considers school bus cameras after alleged assault

Johnston (Iowa) Community School District already has cameras on two of its 75 buses, but may equip the whole fleet with them after a driver was charged with assaulting a special-needs student.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 30, 2015

School bus driver accused of assaulting special-needs student

Police say that when a 15-year-old passenger failed to follow the bus driver’s instructions, the driver pulled him out of his seat and struck him. Other students captured the incident in cell phone videos.

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ArticlesOctober 12, 2015

NAPT News & Views — Federal data: an 'A' grade for school bus safety

In June, NHTSA published its latest edition of “School-Transportation-Related Crashes,” a benchmark of how the school bus industry is performing on the safety front. If this were a report card, it would be an “A” grade for our industry.  

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 1, 2015

Arrest made in hit-and-run with school bus

Police in Arizona posted information about the crash on social media and then received a tip that they said led to the identification and arrest of a suspect.

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