State police ride school buses to catch drivers

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@alexschlueter2624 4 жыл бұрын

As a bus driver, I see people running my reds all the time. It makes me feel great to see pd taking initiative and stopping people from doing this dangerous crime!

@AlanTClark 2 жыл бұрын

In Ontario cameras automatically come on as soon as the busses flashing lights do, are your busses equipped the same way?

@toni5937 6 жыл бұрын

$5000 minimum fine have great day !

@a_N1ko 8 жыл бұрын

my brother works for Gatekeeper systems. They're a company that specializes in camera systems for vehicles. They have tons of systems in use across North America that use stop arm cameras. If a car passes a bus with the stop arm activated three pictures are taken, the front license plate, the driver, and the rear license plate.

@jst1man 9 жыл бұрын

Put an active camera to switch on when the signs out and off when it's not. Send them a ticket and have them show up to court mandated to talk to a Judge and explain it. It's no different that a speed camera. The difference being this is to save kids lives not Big brother!

@AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979 6 жыл бұрын

Ahman Millener yup

@thehALomolov2 6 жыл бұрын

Ahman Millener They'd also have to change laws and do public education campaigns first, where I am the cops set up speeding cameras, but the tickets got thrown out because by law they had to have proper signage up indicating of the camera thing ahead. So the law kinda forces the cameras to be a deterrent and only tickets those that don't care and speed anyway. When I lived in that area I never saw cops patrolling and everyone just breaker for the cameras... DUI was also socially acceptable there -_- So they'd have to change laws to allow for traffic enforcing cameras being installed on buses, proper signage of them being in use, public education campaigns to notify of the change, and then prove that it's a foolproof system that can't be screwed with.like Busdriver acticating the camera without the arm out.

@JustinSTeam2 3 жыл бұрын

This is a real thing where I live now

@Xarai 3 жыл бұрын

except speed cameras are dismissed in court and is the main reason i wear sunglasses and stuff while driving.

@Mike-sp6tt 3 жыл бұрын

Speed cameras are a deterrent they don’t hold up in court. As this is the highest moving fine that can be given, anybody would go to court and get it thrown out

@leobear1390 7 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea. In my department we view infractions within close proximity of a school bus to be some of the more serious infractions, rarely issuing a warning. We've never gone as sneaky as this but it's definitely a good idea. People will be thinking twice before driving around like a ding dong near a bus full of our future.

@Lincolnator721 6 жыл бұрын

looks like B ST is mad

@myrips2fat 8 жыл бұрын

only 3 out of 11 were caught/cited? what a waste of time... i can't believe they weren't more prepared for this....

@craigsevery6274 4 жыл бұрын

They will be.

@zackslay2938 3 жыл бұрын

You only a certain amount of cops who can actually catch up and pull someone over

@jeremyjackson9388 2 жыл бұрын

City got their money

@kubotaman85 Жыл бұрын

Better than none at all

@rickhelbig630 8 жыл бұрын

on top of speeding tickets, violators should be fined extra to cover the cost of school bus cameras.

@petergilbert144 7 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@petergilbert144 7 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@Nolanrulesroblox 7 жыл бұрын

and for the police payment

@corysmith7139 7 жыл бұрын

100% agree and more school bus companies should do this with the police every once in a while.

@jacobfitzgerald6050 7 жыл бұрын

Donald Trump we got a tough kid here who is another dumbass

@Macjac0323 12 жыл бұрын

Great idea to have law enforcement on the buses.

@sagediviner4720 8 жыл бұрын

Simple solution - Roof mounted machine guns!

@nickcage5576 8 жыл бұрын

+Sage Diviner calm yourself child

@dionnefrancis-brown1533 7 жыл бұрын

Sage Diviner lol

@danwat1234 7 жыл бұрын

Chance of ricochet back towards the bus though..

@kaneezazeez 7 жыл бұрын

Sage Diviner 😂

@Mystery-rc6nv 6 жыл бұрын

Sage Diviner you spelt rocket launcher wrong lol

@DVeck89 6 жыл бұрын

This is one violation you can't argue the police are enforcing just for revenue. Keep it up.

@gmcnewlook 5 жыл бұрын

Dantastic agreed this is one the cops should really be looking out for.... btw if the person is reckless enough to not stop for the bus, what’s the chances they won’t run a stop sign either ? It’s not just kids that are in danger...

@Marinexize 7 жыл бұрын

why dont they just mount cameras like at red lights. violators get a nasty ticket mailed home and maybe required to show up in court amd explain why they ran the sign. personally i would be more embarrassed having to explain why i didnt stop.

@Datsun7705 6 жыл бұрын

chavy I agree just like cameras used in overhead tolls to take license plates

@critter2 6 жыл бұрын

some state can't issue tickets in else officer see them bus compaines do not have all this extra money to buy things they don't have

@jari1283 6 жыл бұрын

chavy I

@OrrWeisbergReviews 5 жыл бұрын

this isn't *only* about red lights..

@rgnestle 5 жыл бұрын

In many places, they call that "illegal modification of a school bus." I wore a body cam and they frowned on that too. It's bureaucracy at its worst!

@collinheyde5021 8 жыл бұрын

Good, they should do this more often.

@bryangonzalez9112 7 жыл бұрын

I seen Some of the drivers don't stop at the street stop signs!!! So don't complian just about the bus stop signs!!

@smileyone1612 3 жыл бұрын

Here they took out the stop signs in residential areas & put in yield signs. City & insurance companies probably running low on money.

@Xarai 3 жыл бұрын

stopping or a full stop? full stops arent needed as long as they doa decent stop look every direction twice and then go

@kingofnothing1433 3 жыл бұрын

Several years ago I was a taxi driver. Every now and then the local police would show up at the company and borrow some taxis. They were the spotters and as soon as they caught anyone breaking the law they contacted another officer in a marked police vehicle and you got some pretty flashing blue lights behind you. be careful out there because the police are undercover in more vehicles than just school buses and taxes.

@EFG4595 12 жыл бұрын

Equip the school buses with exterior cameras!

@quixkiwi5337 8 жыл бұрын

Next time... Simply have an "un-marked" driving in the front-pilot "position" ahead of the bus.. such that when the bus "stops" - the lead-pilot car can slow and crawl until about 50 - 100 yards further on .. after the bus stops, as that way - the cop in the bus only has to give the "lead" driver the two-way call, and that officer in the lead-car thus has a "free-run" at the speedster, because he's already ahead of the bus, and slowly moving .. thus an acceleration is all he needs to be "up-to' chase speed, by the time the illegal bus-passer get to them..

@ThePoreproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Or have a police officer posted at/near every bus stop possible in the mornings and afternoons.

@businessdude2574 7 жыл бұрын

I saw someone in a red ford sedan pass the reds. My bus driver caught his plate, I wrote it down, and it got taken to the police. #catchpeoplesplates

@aaronporter8024 5 жыл бұрын

We need them on my bus !!!

@lyncaho4507 5 жыл бұрын

I watched a pick up truck pass a stopped school bus once and almost hit the kids who had just gotten off. They were walking oblivious and were going to cross the street in front of the bus. The kids never saw it coming but the bus driver and I did. We both laid on laid on our horns. The kids heard it and stopped quick but the driver never slowed or looked back in his mirror. Angels and miracles worked together that day.

@hilarybenoit2926 8 жыл бұрын

I had a police officer ride a school bus with us once when I was in junior high.

@Kevill 6 жыл бұрын

There are so many ridiculous traffic violations I've seen police try to attack head on in full force. This is not one of those violations. Keep the kids safe, you go guys.

@TrailblazerDashcam 13 жыл бұрын

@NeOGlock They do. On most buses in my county there are two night-vision cameras mounted under the stop sign facing the back and front and when the 8-ways are activated they snap a picture when motion is detected. But the citation has to be made up manually- they haven't automated that yet! :)

@garyrush2454 6 жыл бұрын

We have Cameras on all our schools buses in the area. EVERYWHERE NEEDS CAMERA’s‼️

@jasondenney8380 6 жыл бұрын

It's so ridiculously bad out here . That I used to take my daughter to school in the early morning program at school and there was a short bus that has to stop across the street for a kid @ 630ish I would use my car to keep cars from passing and the would still try to pass me until they see the kid !! It's like wow !!!! Where the respect and care for the Youth of America !!!!!!

@mtsflorida 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to be called in on these. As a Trooper I was pulling over 4 or 5 at a time. I even had a motorcycle that I caught up to that went by at about 200, by the time I got turned around they were 2 miles away, it was more luck that I caught them when they finally thought they were safe. Having an aircraft above could also help alot.

@karlas4446 7 жыл бұрын

If they put cameras on the buses they could get a hell lot more tickets, more than enough to cover the cameras in the first place.

@Hawqis1 11 жыл бұрын

Something I would love to see when the stop sign deploys for a stop is under the bus, a spike strip that can adjust to two lane or four lane capability comes out as well. See how many red light runners will run then.

@sayitaintso7544 2 жыл бұрын

I bet those are the best behaved kids on a bus EVER! Put a state trooper on every bus where kids behave badly.

@susantapia4136 5 жыл бұрын

All states need to do this! With a 1500 dollar fine!

@AlanTClark 2 жыл бұрын

In Ontario whenever those flashing lights come on a camera automatically comes on to to catch anybody that goes by illegally.

@texasbmx246 12 жыл бұрын

I was just pointing out how nervous they must've been getting on the bus that day and seeing a cop on it...

@nick06111226 12 жыл бұрын

need this to happen in the afternoon in NSP,Maplewood,Oakdale area no matter what company

@macks7150 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they'll spread the word....DONT GET CAUGHT, these punks need to pat a HUGE FINE for putting children in harms way.

@wessnyder117 11 жыл бұрын

Once that sign pops out and it says STOP, you gotta STOP. Doesn't matter who you are, treat the bus STOP sign as if it was a real STOP sign.

@wessnyder117 11 жыл бұрын

What i'm trying to get on about is this: People still need to stop for when kids are getting off buses. And, in drivers handbooks/classes, they say that pedestrians, no matter what age, are to be given the right of way. And the police in this were doing this due to complaint they received on drivers like this.

@tssserviceco.7208 10 жыл бұрын

Guys, passing a school bus is like passing the FBI going 100 miles an hour.

@zackslay2938 3 жыл бұрын

This needs to be done frequently as this is basically free money for the city 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@donbob7703 6 жыл бұрын

This is outrageous you place the safety of a child every time you pass a school bus with their flashing lights on. I wouldn't want on my conscience somebody getting hit by my car passing me flashing lights. Where do these people get their license?

@BJA279 2 жыл бұрын

That needs to continue at All times

@oORichardROo 11 жыл бұрын

School Buses have amber warning lights similar to hazard lights that are turned on about 5-10 seconds before the bus stops. There is plenty of time for drivers to safely stop and wait for the children to disembark.

@jonthecop 12 жыл бұрын

800mhz trunking system. The ISP statewide system that's been in use for over a decade.

@bonzoschlacendaker1057 5 жыл бұрын

Foremost let me commend you for the job that you chose. Most folks can't really wrap their heads around the demands of your vocation. And kudos to your constabulary for taking an aggressive stance as they try to stop these potential children killers. Godspeed you all.

@Justin-cn9hq 2 жыл бұрын

Should be a mandatory 6 month license suspension. There is no excuse for endangering kids due to impatience or stupidity.

@joewillgo 13 жыл бұрын

Good, this should also prevent fights on the bus. Nobody is going to get in a fight on the school bus if there is a cop on board.

@jtc1947 6 жыл бұрын

Need cameras on the school busses! Also need TAGS on front and rear of vehicles to catch the violators!

@gmcnewlook 5 жыл бұрын

Where I live they want to do it, but we’re debating it for cost reasons I believe (the previous government was notarious for wasting money on stupid things but not this..... the amount of people it would catch would pay for itself fast! (the fine goes to 2k and starts at 490)

@TASBullit66 11 жыл бұрын

Bet there were 0 fights on that bus that day!

@marthaz1183 5 жыл бұрын

This morning I dropped off my son to school and I happen to be stopped by the bus in front of me with lights flashing red and next thing I know I’m being honked at behind me ....they kept honking and honking I didn’t go but it kinda frustrates me how impatient people could be. I got the middle finger afterwards and the F word just glad I was there so the kids could get on the bus safely.

@tampabayrails 5 жыл бұрын

I almost died to one of those idiots. Stop signs were out. I was crossing the street. Suddenly, a car zooms around the school bus. (Plus, if u really wanna see idiots, go to a railroad crossing and wait for a train. People will actually go around the railroad crossing gates)

@namemcnamerton4249 5 жыл бұрын

Yep and people want to increase the speed of the trains putting more people at risk

@TheAngelofvengance 12 жыл бұрын

i bet those kids behaved themselves when he was on that bus probably could hear a pin drop lol

@krislovercar 12 жыл бұрын

this is a very good idea... most police should been on a school bus checking for drivers who doesn't stop and checking for kids for do silly things

@fgfg633 6 жыл бұрын

F*cking unbelievable that people fly past a school bus stop sign! 😡

@jigangjin7818 2 жыл бұрын

在加拿大也一樣，除非警察出來“專項打擊”，否則司機根本就無視School bus。想要根治，只有一法：在School bus上安裝攝像頭，每天自動上傳到交通管理部門，並且無需用人工來檢查這些視頻，而是利用人工智能技術，讓機器自動捕捉這些違法車輛，並自動開出罰單，自動郵寄到車主家中。如果三次被罰--屬於屢教不改者，再有警察上門去處理--吊銷牌照、逮捕入獄等。至於不交罰款，那倒不用擔心--他過不了年檢這一關，既不能再開這台車，也不能賣了這台車，甚至連再買一台新車也不能夠了--車主被記錄在了黑名單中。在北美，沒有車你就沒法生活了，所以車主最後還是會乖乖地把罰款交上，還要計算拖欠的利息的哦。

@wessnyder117 11 жыл бұрын

On a bus, the yellow light is used a warning or heads-up for drivers to prepare to stop, not proceed with cuation like an amber traffic light. Then the red lights and stop sign.

@wessnyder117 11 жыл бұрын

The question about the cussing was rhetorical. Whenever police are used in this situation then there a couple of reasons as to why: 1) Parents of theses kids are probably calling about the way some drivers are around the buses during unloading/loading of students. 2) It is probably, also, due to some cases of accidents involving children leaving the bus.

@cumminsisldd6050 10 жыл бұрын

I live in California the procedure is that we activate our red lights take the keys out of the bus and cross the kids, we're out of the bus no longer than a minute. Also some of our buses have a park-brake feature which disables the air brake knob( I'll be happy to do a video demonstration If you like) so the kids can't move it. I can understand your worries but everybody is safe.

@alexneil1967 12 жыл бұрын

all i can say is good job cop and driver bus lady...

@fmitterb 7 жыл бұрын

They should put a high resolution cam on that stop sign on the bus. Should be like a money generator for the first few weeks :-)

@yveslolou739 6 жыл бұрын

It's such a small inconvenience for the safety of our children

@craigsevery6274 4 жыл бұрын

If it was a family member of yours you'll feel exactly the same so yes it's those little kids. 😂😂bad drivers. If you drive by a stopped bus. Should be 1 year suspension.

@SaltyNationalist 11 жыл бұрын

Naaaahhh. That's bullcrap. I live in Maine, And the school bus drivers always watch out for cars that may seem to be going to fast to stop. They put the yellows first, but if it seems you are going too fast, they will wait 5 or more seconds before they flip the sign and red lights. Now that my friend, is REVENUE GENERATION.......

@wainber1 7 жыл бұрын

Drivers caught driving past stopped school buses that have lights that are flashing should be fined. The Highway Traffic Act of Ontario, Canada prescribes 6 penalty points and a large fine for blowing past stopped school buses.

@gmcnewlook 5 жыл бұрын

David W yup 6 demerits for passing a school bus is the same league as drag racing ...... as it should.....

@nickpalmer6335 2 жыл бұрын

They should go straight to jail, not a fine...

@eyang7 11 жыл бұрын

That is MJ, he's still alive.

@Tj1056 11 жыл бұрын

a stop sign means stop... not continue on going like it was not there... its the same as a intersection... the pedestrians have the right away to cross...

@MrJDBrophy 3 жыл бұрын

Make it mandatory for all school busses across the country (both U.S & Canada) to have HD cameras on the front and rear of the bus that activate the moment driver activates the flashing lights warning motorists that the bus is about to stop. Then any footage of violators can be sent off to traffic enforcement and dealt with properly.

@williamfitzpatrick6369 4 жыл бұрын

The word they'll spread is "don't get caught" not "don't do it."

@GeorgeSweet 7 жыл бұрын

$500 and you caught 3 out of 11... sounds like you should increase the ticket.

@quebecoisforce961 9 жыл бұрын

Good reminder I will be more careful and make sure when I'll see a yellow truck it will be my priority

@petergilbert144 7 жыл бұрын

In New York state at least there are days when state police follow our buses and then there is a runner the lights go on and they are chased down.

@petergilbert144 7 жыл бұрын

Dr. Zoidberg I don't know if it is the whole state, but at least the Rochester area and it is only a few days of the school year so rarely done and the amount of busses followed depends on how many units they have so not every bus is followed.

@troystewart7730 Жыл бұрын

If you made the “fine” 60 days suspended and 2nd time license gone forever. Add all the money you want to charge. The same should apply for cell phones and dui

@craigsevery6274 4 жыл бұрын

Have a safe and careful day. God bless all kids to make it safely to school and home.

@phanie2206 6 жыл бұрын

Every bus should have photo cameras like the once they have at the street lights. If they can catch people at a red light and build him a ticket I’m pretty sure they can manage to put one on schoolbuses

@gmcnewlook 5 жыл бұрын

Steph Steph itd pay for it self as well....

@thaintriguing1 2 жыл бұрын

If they have the manpower to have cops on the bus the cops can sit in their patrol cars and deter law breakers or even catch them themselves

@doughesson 5 жыл бұрын

It's a shame that all these experts aren't applying to become school bus drivers. You wouldn't need training because you can keep the kids under control at all times as well as driving a 13 ton vehicle in city traffic as people plow past the stop signals because their being late to work is more important than the safety of school children who the speeders do not know.

@puppies4everthefam233 5 жыл бұрын

We need something like this in California! Too many people are in such a hurry that they don’t realize they could kill a kid

@EvanLevow 11 жыл бұрын

Eleven vehicles passing a school bus with its stop arm extended within 30 minutes could indicate a problem.

@mookerson1 11 жыл бұрын

I think you just found a cause that needs a leader... go get em, give em hell till it's overturned!

@wessnyder117 12 жыл бұрын

Word of advice to all KZfaq users who are learning to drive or just started to drive. DON'T PASS A SCHOOL PASS WHEN THE SIGN IS OUT. You will be putting the kids or other passengers at risk. Some kids go in front the bus to get to the other side of the road, right in your path.

@stephanieclarke6963 8 жыл бұрын

why dont they use a camera system that when then stop sign comes out anyone who passes gets caught by cctv registration taken and receive a fine through the post. London has them on the buses for drivers who go in the bus lane at restricted times.

@fai1t0liv3 7 жыл бұрын

Many smaller districts don't have the money and voters won't approve bond measures to get them. In my district, our schools have "delayed" nearly 50 million in repairs because of inadequate funding.

@wessnyder117 12 жыл бұрын

Actually some kids have a 6th sense to alert them when something is wrong. I still have mine working over time, lol. But, yeah pretty good theory.

@mrmaturitydelinquent 12 жыл бұрын

They should do this in the Bronx and Yonkers

@TheIzharp 12 жыл бұрын

the driver kinda looks like michael jackson.

@larrystm 11 жыл бұрын

Bottom line, there are children. Here is AZ the drivers I have seen, put on their flashing lights then stop the bus then put out the flashing stop sign. There is a good 15 seconds or longer for all this to happen. Nobody should be slamming on their brakes or not failing to stop. About 3/4 years ago a crosswalk guard was run over and killed at a school crossing.

@EPIK562 11 жыл бұрын

ok, go back and "read" if there "ISNT" a crossing guard or a crosswalk. then there is no reason to stop, because the driver is required to get off the bus and stand in the middle of the road with a stop sign if a kid needs to cross. if no kids are crossing theres no reason to stop..

@em1osmurf 4 жыл бұрын

10 years later and dashcams have gotten better. drivers have not.

@Davis2920022001 6 жыл бұрын

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

@loyshaw935 7 жыл бұрын

What an AWSOME idea!!!!!

@TOTALLYRELAXED 6 жыл бұрын

This is a good practice by state police, but, the 'bad' also has to be reversed...In Houston, Tx where I live, school bus drivers are known to speed as much as 35 mph, or MORE, above the speed limit all over Houston, The worst place for this going on is in North Houston, just southwest of Bush Airport by Aldine School District buses. I have personally paced them doing 75 mph in the posted 45 mph areas. School police, bus barn bosses, and, school superintendents will do NOTHING! This is our school taxes at work here in Houston, Texas!

@cumminsisldd6050 11 жыл бұрын

He's correct as a driver if a kid needed to cross the street, I'm required to turn the engine off and walk in the street with a hand held stop sign and let them cross.

@knotweed1953 3 жыл бұрын

Chasing that money so they can get more lights on their cars.

@JasonFay 12 жыл бұрын

bus drivers tend turn the ambers on and open the door to activate Reds while in motion. your trying to figure when is the bus stopping when your distance is to far back to know if the bus had stopped or not.

@waaazupd1948 5 жыл бұрын

Minimum $300 fine for that, more if they are just plain idiots about it

@Jacespace23 5 жыл бұрын

Thats what I'm thinking put police cams on front back of busses , send the a $1000 ticket

@ronbloomberg 6 жыл бұрын

Instead of riding along on the bus, the officer should've been following behind in an unmarked cruiser. None of them would've gotten away....

@gmcnewlook 5 жыл бұрын

He was radioing ahead to his colleagues in the area to look out for these drivers.... they do it for texting drivers too...

@donmcc6573 3 жыл бұрын

Cops should be shadowing school buses every school day to catch stop sign runners. What else do they have to do at 7:00 in the morning?

@ziggyboi1995 12 жыл бұрын

No, when the bus stops, pull to the middle so other cars cannot go around it.

@josephrayos9403 7 жыл бұрын

wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait I explained it before if a bus stops in a four-lane Street and it's on the right side. the drivers in the left lane shouldn't have to stop

@kubotaman85 5 жыл бұрын

All traffic has to stop unless there is a physical raised barrier

@terrimichaels2554 5 жыл бұрын

Amanda Jarrett was with Wood TV 8 in Grand Rapids Michigan and I am so happy to see her gone that voice of hers is so irritating I had to mute my TV no loss to Michigan 😂