"At stops, some school buses snap images of scofflaw drivers; If lawmakers agree, tickets to be mailed" August 22, 2011|By Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent
Drivers who ignore the flashing lights on school buses may one day find an unpleasant surprise when they open their mailboxes.
A pilot program underway in Medford, Quincy, and Seekonk has outfitted school buses with cameras to record scofflaws in real time as they breeze past buses when children are getting on or off.
Cameras mounted behind the bus’s extended stop-sign arm capture vehicle license plates of any traffic coming from both directions on the street. Video images are then fed to local police for review to assess whether a moving violation took place. If the answer is yes - and if a measure pending on Beacon Hill should become law - a citation would be mailed to the vehicle’s owner....
Remember when the cameras were ONLY supposed to be FOR CATCHING TERRORISTS?!!!
With fines of $250 for first-time violators and $500 for repeat offenders, the cameras could also serve as a useful revenue enhancer for cash-strapped municipalities....
(Blog editor flips the finger as he passes)
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I'm not advocating passing a school bus with flashing lights, readers; I'm just TIRED of the F***ING TYRANNY!
