It’s back to school today for kids in the Clarkstown, North Rockland, Nyack, Pearl River, and South Orangetown school districts. East Ramapo, Nanuet and Suffern return tomorrow. With kids back in school that means more school buses on the roads, so you might need to start your day a little earlier to make sure you get where you’re going on time, because you can’t be passing stopped school buses with their red lights flashing and those stop signs and stop-arms sticking out of them. If you do, Rockland County Executive Ed Day says you’ll be caught by the cameras mounted on the school bus…
Ryan Monell is Vice President of Government Operations at BusPatrol, the company behind the technology each bus is equipped with to catch those who violate the law. Monell says it’s not about the money…
There are financial penalties, however, the first violation is $250, the second is $275, and a third will set you back $300. During the last school year, more than 17,000 citations were issued to drivers for passing a school bus right here in Rockland. We have a link to videos of some of the violations right here.