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Sergio Quintero pleads not guilty to a 58-count indictment charging him with aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle, theft, criminal damage to property and illegal possession of auto titles. According to prosecutors in the case, investigators uncovered text messages from Quintero’s cell phone “where the timing and content correspond to the theft of the school buses.”
Read More →The Texas Association for Pupil Transportation says a bill that would require home-side school bus stops would increase operating costs an estimated 30%, which could force districts to reduce bus service.
Read More →A media campaign that started in North Carolina is helping to raise awareness of the dangers of stop-arm running.
Read More →The state attorney general wants to equip all public school buses in North Carolina with cameras to catch stop-arm violators, and his goal is gaining support.
Read More →The danger of stop-arm running is the focus of this PSA from Chesterfield County (Va.) Public Schools and Chesterfield County Police.
Read More →In a parody of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive," the transportation team at West Des Moines (Iowa) Community Schools outlines several school bus safety rules while donning their best 70s' attire.
Read More →With school buses hitting the road, officials from school districts, bus companies and law enforcement agencies are implementing traffic safety initiatives, and issuing tips for students, motorists and parents. In North Carolina, for example, Rockingham County Schools has installed nine cameras that will rotate among its buses to help catch motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses.
Read More →WNCN reminds motorists about North Carolina’s law on stopping for school buses. A reporter confronts a stop-arm runner to ask why she did it.
Read More →The South Carolina Senate Transportation Committee gives S946 a favorable report with an amendment that cuts the fine for violations, if video footage does not positively identify the driver of the vehicle, from $500 to $250.
Read More →The national legislation is introduced by a Tennessee congressman in the wake of the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga.
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