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Lawmakers look to crack down on drivers who illegally pass school buses
Lawmakers say they share parents’ outrage over video showing 10,000 drivers illegally passing Bridgeport buses. Now, they want to change state laws so it’s easier for cities and towns to crack down. “We want to make sure that no child’s life is lost,” Sen. Herron Gaston (D-Bridgeport) said. The bill would allow towns to pass their own rules against passing...
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Lawmakers look to crack down on drivers who illegally pass school buses
State lawmakers are considering a measure that would increase fines for drivers caught illegally passing stopped school buses.
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‘They could seriously injure or potentially kill a kid': Concerns raised about vehicles passing stopped school buses
Bridgeport officials say nearly 10,000 drivers illegally passed a stopped school bus during the first six months of the school year. Video captured a school bus stop sign going out and a vehicle just blowing right by. In another video from Bridgeport, a student walks across the street to the stopped bus and a car doesn’t stop. Dangerous situations like…
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Waterford Police Crack Down on Drivers Passing Stopped School Buses
Despite a red stop sign and flashing lights, the Waterford Police Department said some drivers in town are not stopping for school buses when they should. “Ya know, we normally make a bunch of posts about stopping for school buses at the start of the school year…..its late April people!” the department wrote in a Facebook post. Police recently...
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Ohio Bus Driver Saves Student From Being Hit By Car
April Wise, a bus driver for Tecumseh Local Schools in New Carlisle, Ohio, is being hailed a hero after keeping a student from being hit by a car. The school district hopes sharing the video will remind drivers to use caution when driving near school buses.
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School Bus Crashes Into NJ House, Shifting Entire Foundation
A full-size school bus somehow crashed into a house in New Jersey early Friday, slamming into it so hard that it shifted the foundation and compromised the entire structure, authorities say. The crash occurred around 9 a.m. in West Caldwell, near Terrace Place and Passaic Avenue. No kids were aboard the bus. Witnesses said the driver was led from the…
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How a ‘Haunted Bus' is Bringing Halloween Fun While Building Community
A group of Wisconsin school bus drivers are emphasizing the importance of community this year using an old bus decorated to be a haunted house experience.