MANY ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH. CAMERAS..THANKS TO A NEW STATE. LAW.... BUT NEWS 5'S EMILY DEVOE.
DISCOVERED MANY DRIVERS ARE. BREAKING BUS LAWS. EVERY DAY! SHE OBTAINED EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF. VIOLATORS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
SHE HAS THE STORY YOU'LL ONLY. SEE ON. NEWS FIVE. 3....2...1...
Edevoe@wkrg.Com THREE FULL SECONDS AFTER. THE STOP ARM ON THIS MOBILE. COUNTY SCHOOL BUS IS DEPLOYED A. RED PICK UP TRUCK ZOOMS.
PAST. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THESE NEW. CAMERAS--MOST LIKELY NOTHING. WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BUT.
BECAUSE. THIS NEW EQUIPMENT. CAPTURES NOT ONE BUT 4 ANGLES---INCLUDIN G A TAG. NUMBER.
NATS THE DRIVER GOT A CITATION IN HIS. MAILBOX A WEEK OR SO LATER. THOUGH NOT QUITE AS BLATANT--THE. SAME GOES FOR THIS MOBILE.
DRIVER. WHO TAKES A RIGHT. TURN AND DRIVES PAST THE SCHOOL. BUS AFTER THE STOP ARM IS UP.
BEFORE NOW WE'VE ONLY SEEN. VIOLATIONS IN OTHER STATES--LIKE. THIS HEART STOPPING VIDEO IN. WASHINGTON...
THE DRIVER COMES. WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING THREE. SCHOOL CHILDREN. "We've had some that have passed the bus on the passanger side and even went into a yard and the sidewalk to pass the bus with students where the door is." KEN KVALHEIM IS THE QUALITY.
CONTROL SPECIALIST FOR. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. "This is a tool we've been long needing to help address this situation that really puts children at great risk." AFTER A STATE LAW PASSED LAST.
YEAR, MOBILE COUNTY BECAME THE FIRST. IN ALABAMA TO START EQUIPPING. ITS BUSSES WITH CAMERAS IN. DECEMBER.
BY MID JANUARY--THEY. STARTED ISSUING CITATIONS--THAT. RANGE FROM 150 TO THREE THOUSAND. DOLLARS IF YOU'RE.
A REPEAT OFFENDER. AND WHEN OFFENDERS LIKE THIS. ONE--GET A HEFTY BILL IN THE. MAIL--THE HOPE IS THEY WON'T DO.
IT AGAIN. IN MOBILE EMILY DEVOE NEWS 5. ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT... THE.
CAMERA COMPANY WILL GET ALL OF. THE PROFITS UNTIL THEY RECOUP THE. EXPENSES FOR OPERATING AND. INSTALLING THE.
EQUIPMENT. TAXPAYERS DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY A. DIME. IF YOU NEED A REFRESHER OF THE.
RULES... HERE ARE A FEW TIPS.. ALWAYS STOP WHEN YOU SEE THE. SCHOOL.
BUS LIGHTS FLASHING AND THE STOP. SIGN DEPLOYED--EVEN IF YOU'RE DRIVING. IN THE. OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
UNLESS IT'S. A DIVIDED HIGHWAY..
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