Time to put external cameras on school buses

Platapus · 11-29-18, 07:06 PM

We had yet another incident where a child was run over by a driver failing to stop for a school bus.

A 7 year old had to be put in a medical coma. That's not a great sign.

Last spring, the Maryland State Department of Educatiin's study found 3,812 bus-stop violations...in a single day!!!

To me, the solution is to equip strategically placed cameras around school buses and to record the license plate of anyone who violates the state laws about stopping for a school bus.

Slap these morons with a $500 fine and that will not only teach them a lesson but would bring in almost $2 million dollars just for that one day's violations. That should pay for any expenses in getting school buses equipped with cameras.

Those who violate this law, need to have a harsh punishment that does not involve a ticket but requires a court appearance. Violating this law, to me, indicates a disregard for the safety of children.

Are there really people out there who don't know to stop when a school bus has its flashing lights on and the big frickin stop sign displayed???

This type is negligence just burns my bisects.

August · 11-29-18, 07:43 PM

I fully agree.

u crank · 11-29-18, 07:50 PM

Yea we've had a lot of that here lately. I would take their drivers license away for a long time. There is no excuse.

Jeff-Groves · 11-29-18, 08:05 PM

But that text was so important!

$500 is not enough! Lets go taking your phone if you were using it, remove driving rights for 2 years, and surrender the plates to the car.

I say we need to require Cars to install a way drivers CAN NOT use their phones period!

Seems We could get around just fine before Cell phones became the death machine I'm seeing EVERYDAY now.

August · 11-29-18, 08:19 PM

You take away a persons right to drive and you pretty much take away their means of earning a living, which affects not only them but their families as well, and possibly make them a burden on everyone when we have to give them welfare. That's pretty strong response for a first offense when nobody got hurt.

A 500 dollar fine (1000 would be better) , maybe a class or some community service even but save the really draconian stuff for repeat offenders.

Jeff-Groves · 11-29-18, 09:03 PM

$1000 fine for a child's life possibly?
Sounds fare in a draconian sort of way.

mapuc · 11-29-18, 07:48 PM

We have the same problems here in Denmark and so in Sweden.

About place cameras around schools.

It will not take long before someone have destroyed them or some of them.

Markus

11-29-18, 07:06 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Time to put external cameras on school buses We had yet another incident where a child was run over by a driver failing to stop for a school bus. A 7 year old had to be put in a medical coma. That's not a great sign. Last spring, the Maryland State Department of Educatiin's study found 3,812 bus-stop violations...in a single day!!! To me, the solution is to equip strategically placed cameras around school buses and to record the license plate of anyone who violates the state laws about stopping for a school bus. Slap these morons with a $500 fine and that will not only teach them a lesson but would bring in almost $2 million dollars just for that one day's violations. That should pay for any expenses in getting school buses equipped with cameras. Those who violate this law, need to have a harsh punishment that does not involve a ticket but requires a court appearance. Violating this law, to me, indicates a disregard for the safety of children. Are there really people out there who don't know to stop when a school bus has its flashing lights on and the big frickin stop sign displayed??? This type is negligence just burns my bisects. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-29-18, 07:43 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I fully agree. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-29-18, 07:50 PM	#3
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Yea we've had a lot of that here lately. I would take their drivers license away for a long time. There is no excuse. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

11-29-18, 08:19 PM	#5
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You take away a persons right to drive and you pretty much take away their means of earning a living, which affects not only them but their families as well, and possibly make them a burden on everyone when we have to give them welfare. That's pretty strong response for a first offense when nobody got hurt. A 500 dollar fine (1000 would be better) , maybe a class or some community service even but save the really draconian stuff for repeat offenders. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-29-18, 08:05 PM	#4
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	But that text was so important! $500 is not enough! Lets go taking your phone if you were using it, remove driving rights for 2 years, and surrender the plates to the car. I say we need to require Cars to install a way drivers CAN NOT use their phones period! Seems We could get around just fine before Cell phones became the death machine I'm seeing EVERYDAY now.

11-29-18, 09:03 PM	#6
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	$1000 fine for a child's life possibly? Sounds fare in a draconian sort of way.

11-29-18, 07:48 PM	#7
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	We have the same problems here in Denmark and so in Sweden. About place cameras around schools. It will not take long before someone have destroyed them or some of them. Markus