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Local state representative Emily Slosberg introduced Bill 179, which would give school districts the option of installing cameras on school bus stop signs. “Enforcement of the law is incredibly difficult right now,†Slosberg said. “The only way for us to really enforce the law is to have law enforcement seated at bus stops while the kids are getting on and off the bus.” If the bill becomes law, the camera will record whether cars stop as the bus approaches and law enforcement agencies can use the footage. “I think this has a huge deterrent value for the general public knowing that if you pass that school bus they are going to find you,†Slosberg said. “Your license plate will be photographed and you will receive a violation in the mail.” Gail Pubols, a parent of three students at the Palm Beach County school, said it was time for school buses to have cameras on their stop signs to protect students. “For a long time,†Pubols said. “You know, if we have cameras at stop signs, we absolutely have to have them on the buses.” For Pubols, the bill is particularly important after 10-year-old Yaceny Rodriguez-Gonzalez was killed in a hit and run in Fort Pierce last week as she boarded her school bus. “I was just shocked but you know I wasn’t necessarily surprised because I saw the way people drive around school buses and people aren’t always careful,†Pubols said. The lawmaker said she plans to work with Yaceny’s parents to make sure other parents don’t go through this tragedy and she expects the bill to start moving forward through the legislative process during the next two weeks.
Local state representative Emily Slosberg introduced Bill 179, which would give school districts the option of installing cameras on school bus stop signs.
“Enforcement of the law is incredibly difficult right now,†Slosberg said. “The only way we can really enforce the law is to have law enforcement seated at bus stops while children get on and off the bus. “
If the bill becomes law, the camera will record whether cars stop as the bus approaches and law enforcement can use the footage.
“I think this has a huge deterrent value for the general public knowing that if you pass that school bus they are going to find you,†Slosberg said. “Your license plate will be photographed and you will receive a violation in the mail.”
Gail Pubols, a parent of three students at the Palm Beach County school, said it was time for school buses to have cameras on their stop signs to protect students.
“For a long time,†Pubols said. “You know, if we have cameras at stop signs, we absolutely have to have them on the buses.”
For Pubols, the bill is particularly important after 10-year-old Yaceny Rodriguez-Gonzalez was killed in a hit and run in Fort Pierce last week as she boarded her school bus.
“I was just shocked but you know I wasn’t necessarily surprised because I saw the way people drive around school buses and people aren’t always careful,†Pubols said.
The lawmaker said she plans to work with Yaceny’s parents to make sure other parents don’t go through this tragedy and she expects the bill to start moving forward through the legislative process during the next two weeks.
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