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Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle. A company that sells cameras to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses wants to turn them into license plate rea… (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm a school bus driver and we have these BusPatrol cameras on our buses. One of my stops in the morning is at a place where a divided highway becomes not-divided. In my state you don't have to stop for school buses on divided highways, but my stop is about ten feet into the not-divided area. Most people stop anyway but a lot of people don't. I've had people ask me whether they're supposed to stop or not and I have to tell them that I have no idea. The drivers are not involved with the cameras at all -- we don't make the determination of whether somebody gets a ticket or not and we're not told anything about how many tickets our cameras are generating.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Not sure where you live, but here's the law for Utah (where I live):

    (3) The operator of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus displaying alternating flashing red light signals if the school bus is traveling in the opposite direction when:

    • a) traveling on a divided highway;
    • b) the bus is stopped at an intersection or other place controlled by a traffic-control signal or by a peace officer; or
    • c) on a highway of five or more lanes, which may include a left-turn lane or two-way left turn lane.

    Note how it only specifies driving in the opposite direction of the bus.

    Source: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title41/Chapter6a/41-6a-S1302.html

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    the bus is stopped at an intersection or other place controlled by a traffic-control signal

    This one seems kinda crazy. Like, are stop signs traffic-control signals? I have many stops at stop sign intersections and it's not at all unusual for late kids to be sprinting through the intersection to get to the bus. That's exactly the kind of situation you want cars to be stopping for just in case.

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