Safety - USA - Tickets for passing school buses
Driving past a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing is a crime.
Potential penalties • First-time offender: $250-$400 and potentially 30 days in jail• Second-time offender: $600-$750 and maximum of 180 days in jail• Third-time offender: $750-$1,000 and 180 days in jail
Westchester,NY,USA -The Journal News, by STEVE LIEBERMAN -Oct 5, 2005: -- Tomorrow, police across the county will be watching. They are prepared to write tickets for drivers who try to pass school buses that are picking up or dropping off children... The one-day program is part of the statewide "Operation Safe Stop" — a precursor to "National School Bus Safety Week," which is Oct. 16 to 22. Operation Safe Stop is geared toward promoting school bus safety through education and enforcement... An estimated 50,000 motorists illegally pass school buses each day in New York state, according to the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee... During the past five years, 35 students were hit by cars and two were killed, the committee said...
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