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School Bus Safety Goes High Tech | Rochester News
School bus safety is getting serious in Monroe County, where over 6,000 drivers got tickets last year for illegally passing stopped buses—thanks to cameras catching red-light-flashing, stop-arm-out violations. Since the program launched in October 2023, nearly 20,000 citations have been issued, funded entirely by fines, not taxpayer dollars. With more districts joining and a repeat offender rate under 4%, the message is clearly landing. As students head back to school, a new “Spot the Stop” campaign—with help from the University of Rochester Medicine—is rolling out to warn drivers that these…
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