School bus cameras aimed at careless drivers

Safety advocates and some school bus companies want to crack down on careless drivers with camerascapturing footage of motorists who ignore the stop signs and flashing lights when children are disembarking.

A month-long trial run by Xerox Cameras and the Toronto District School Board saw hundreds of drivers who broke the law and kept going past stopped buses.

"It's a huge issue when you consider there's 72 kids on that school bus," said Brian Patterson, president of the Ontario Safety League.

But to convict someone of failing to stop, a bus driver must provide the full licence plate number, a description of the vehicle and of the driver.

"That's virtually impossible, and that's the challenge," said GlennAttridgeofAttridgeTransportation.

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