Berg also does training with the K-12 kids about riding the bus and crossing safely. Last year, there were over 1800 stop arm violations in Minnesota, according to the Department of Public Safety.

Since the grant program started in 2022, OTS has awarded more than $15 million toward school bus stop arm cameras. That funding will have equipped 8,000 school buses statewide with camera systems.

In a post on the school district’s Facebook page, Ayres said that in the first four days of the school year, 2,391 warnings were issued for school bus stop arm violations.

Tierra Watson-Page has been a school bus driver for almost 16 years. She says she’s excited about the stop-arm cameras. “And that’s one of our safety issues.

Since the start of the school year, we have had almost 30 school bus stop arm violations. Please help keep the children... Posted by Wayzata Police Department on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 ...

'Stop-arm' law for school bus safety It is illegal for Indiana drivers to pass a bus that is stopped, has its red lights flashing and its stop-arm is extended.