School Buses Equipped With Stop-Arm Cameras
Cobb County School District transportation officials say they averaged one stop-arm violation per bus on school days during the 2010-11 school year.
With the death of one child and continued violations of the school bus stop-arm laws, the Cobb County school district has launched an initiative to put outside cameras on 102 buses. The two cameras that face forward and backward sit inside a white protective case about two feet below the red flashing stop sign the buses use to alert drivers to stop. The cameras shoot diagonally in color digital video, and can see a license plate from 100 yards, said district Associate Director of Transportation, Mike Warner. The cameras aim to stop the escalation of motorists who drive around a stopped bus either picking up or dropping off children. Each bus, in the district’s fleet of 1,188, averaged a stop-arm violation per school day during the 2010-…
