Passing a Fairfax County, Virginia, college bus whereas college students are getting on or off will now price drivers $250.
The county and Fairfax County Public Colleges put in cameras on 50 college buses earlier this yr to catch drivers who illegally cross when bus drivers deploy the stop-arms — the flashing cease indicators that sign kids are loading or unloading.
As of Monday, the 30-day warning interval is over and drivers who do not cease will get tickets within the mail.
The county stated the stop-arm cameras can robotically detect automobiles that cross throughout the enforcement zone. Cameras report video and take photographs of the automobile, its license plate and the prolonged stop-arm.
Regulation enforcement then critiques the movies and pictures earlier than the county sends any citations.
As one of many largest college districts within the nation, Fairfax County has greater than 1,600 college buses. County officers have stated they may develop this system to get stop-arm cameras on extra buses.
Fairfax County Public Colleges are rising security measures forward of the varsity yr for the most important bus fleet within the nation. There might be 50 college bus digital camera techniques put in and velocity cameras have elevated in county college zones. News4’s Adam Tuss studies.
Fairfax County college bus drivers are periodically requested to depend what number of stop-arm violations they see. A 2017 report on college bus security discovered that bus drivers reported 1,453 unlawful passes in a single day, the county stated.
D.C. started a related enforcement program final yr, however the metropolis fines drivers $500.
