Six of Rockland’s school districts have opted into the School Bus Safety program, which provides free cameras for school buses designed to catch motorists who ignore the bus’s stop signs, safety gates and flashing lights. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the districts that have opted in include Pearl River, Nanuet, North Rockland, Clarkstown, Suffern, and Nyack…
South Orangetown, East Ramapo and BOCES haven’t yet opted-in. The county has been working since the spring with a company called BusPatrol, which uses a sophisticated camera system to catch lawbreakers. Fines for offenders go up to $300. Every day in New York State, an estimated 50,000 drivers illegally pass stopped school buses.