A slew of bills are currently being proposed in multiple states to address school bus safety. Most involve toughening penalties on stop-arm running and allowing or even requiring stop-arm cameras on buses.
Read More →House Bill 111 would allow school districts and charter schools to install stop-arm camera systems. The legislation would also let districts use fine revenue to pay for installing and operating the cameras.
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Indiana lawmakers cut a provision to let schools buy stop-arm cameras with a share of the fines from illegal passers and change a provision that would have made a license suspension mandatory.
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Legislators have been considering multiple school bus safety bills over the last couple months, and are calling for revisions to those that address stop-arm violations with different tactics.
Read More →The legislation would allow a person who is at least 18 years old but under 21 to be licensed to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
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The state House approves a bill that would allow school districts to install stop-arm cameras on school buses, and let law enforcement issue fines for bus passing violations.
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Ohio and West Virginia lawmakers introduce bills that would double fines for the violation and increase the amount of time a motorist’s license is suspended. The bills also include provisions on cameras.
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Lawmakers consider legislation that would require school buses purchased after a certain date to be equipped with seat belts.
Read More →Assembly Bill 934 and Senate Bill 371 would require school districts to install internal and external cameras on buses to capture images of vehicles that illegally drive past stopped school buses.
Read More →House Bill 849 would allow school districts to install stop-arm cameras, and let law enforcement use recordings and images to issue citations for bus passing incidents.
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