Passing a stopped school bus isn’t just a safety hazard.
That kind behavior can kill a kid…and, starting Monday, Aug. 27, it can cost you a fine in Montgomery County.
The Montgomery County Public Schools department has kitted out a number of its school buses with automated school bus safety cameras. “If you illegally pass a stopped school bus come Monday … [Montgomery County] police will use the video evidence captured by the bus’s newly installed stop-arm camera to issue traffic citations,” AAA Mid-Atlantic reported in a statement.
The fine: $250.
Should a police officer witness a driver illegally passing a stopped school bus, a $1,000 ticket—and three driver’s license points—may be issued to the driver. Montgomery County police already issue about 500 tickets a year for the violation, AAA’s statement continued.
During the school year, stopped school buses are illegally passed by drivers 72,000 times each school day across the country and more than 7,000 times a school day on roads in Maryland.
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