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Raise fines, and penalties, for driving through a stopped school bus while red lights and stop arms are activated!

Raise fines, and penalties, for driving through a stopped school bus while red lights and stop arms are activated!

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Started by Chrissy Rayl 7 years, 9 months ago
This past week, alone, we've lost too many children when they were killed while loading, or unloading, from their school bus. Bus drivers do what we can to keep our passengers safe, and when we deploy the stop arms and activate the red flashing lights, we would like to think other drivers around us will obey those signs and stop. But, as we know, ALL TOO WELL, that isn't the case. It's maddening! Let's fight to have harsher penalities and higher fines, across the country, handed out to those drivers breaking this law! Instead of a $300+ fine,let's make it $1,000, $5,000, or more! Loss of license for a year! People need to be taught a lesson here! I don't want to hear anymore stories, of one more child dying because people can't slow down, stop, and wait 60 seconds to let a child get to or from school safely!

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Doreen McLagan Kinsella
7 years ago Featured

As a school bus driver, child safety comes first! Everyone needs to STOP when a school bus has their red lights flashing and stop sign deployed!! Imagine if it was your child!! Pay attention...Safety first!!

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Jessica Jenkins
7 years ago Featured

I drive special needs for 19 years and it’s sad that people r in such a hurry that they don’t look stop for a big bus with brite flashing lights. People leave earlier if u don’t want to get stopped by bus. Save children lives cuz it could be ur own children.

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Shelly Heldenbergh
7 years ago Featured

Being a school bus driver myself the fine of 250.00 is not enough take away their license for 30 days first offense second offense 60 days loss of license third offense permanent loss of license

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stephanie cain
7 years ago Featured

I am a bus driver...I have this happen almost daily..... something needs to be done....

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Matt Bruns
7 years ago Featured

I say that whatever the fine for running a stop sign on the road in a state is, running a school bus stop sign is double that plus a 6 month suspension of their license. They also need to put cameras on buses to catch people who run them.

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Tara Crawford
7 years ago Featured

This would be a start but it doesn't do a whole lot of good if the cops aren't there to stop them and give them these tickets. We need the cameras on the side of our bus like stop light cameras so they can be mailed their ticket for doing it when a cop wasn't around to stop them.

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Connie Carroll
7 years ago

Got yo keep kids safe.

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Cindy Lyons
7 years ago

We need to protect our children.

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