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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2016

Texas district launches stop-arm camera program

Austin Independent School District partners with American Traffic Solutions to install stop-arm cameras on its school buses. For the first 30 days, the district’s police department will issue warnings to motorists who illegally pass a school bus.

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Newsby StaffDecember 28, 2015

Survey results show rise in illegal school bus passing incidents in New York

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s Dec. 16 survey found that 912 school bus drivers reported a total of 592 passing incidents, making the total estimated rate 32,456 illegal passes statewide, up from 30,735 passing incidents recorded in the Nov. 18 survey.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 17, 2015

School bus loading fatalities hit historic low

Four students were killed in school bus danger zone incidents in the 2014-15 school year, according to newly released data.

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NewsDecember 17, 2015

Top 5 most-viewed news of 2015

News stories that attracted the most traffic on Schoolbusfleet.com this year covered such topics as student tracking, school bus passing and a new stop-arm extender.

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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 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

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 StaffNovember 23, 2015

Teen motorist sentenced for death of girl boarding school bus

Michael Shelly, the 18-year-old Pennsylvania driver who fatally struck 16-year-old Minete Zeka while she was crossing an intersection to board her bus last year, is sentenced to 11.5 to 23 months in prison and five years of probation.

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