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Dallas School District going for school bus scameras.  Hope to scam drivers 10 million.

http://www.ketknbc.com/news/red-light-cameras-installed-on-school-buses

Looks like the Dallas school district is looking for new revenue. 

Quote:  The cameras are expected to generate about $10 million in the first year for Dallas County Schools, part of the money will pay Dallas police for the reviews. The rest, officials say will be used to pay for equipment.

Though they talk the usual safety talk.  NO mention of how many violations were going the other direction on a multilane road. 

TX might have different rules for multilane highways. 

http://www.banthecams.org/2381-school-bus-cameras-is-it-for-the-a-kidsa-or-is-it-a-bait-and-switch.html

In TX where that study was done the Drivers manual had On page 4-7 (27 of the adobe) of the TX driver license manual http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/InternetForms/Forms/DL-7.pdf
 
It says:  "You need not stop when meeting or passing a school bus which is (1) on a different roadway, or (2) upon a controlled-access highway where the school bus is stopped in a loading zone and pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.”

IN Florida for example the rules are:

 http://www.flhsmv.gov/handbooks/EnglishDriverHandbook.pdf
 on page 31 section 5.19 (or page 32 of the adobe).
 
 
Quote:  "If the highway is divided by a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least 5 feet wide, you do not have to stop if you are moving in the opposite direction of the bus.  Painted lines of pavement markings are not considered barriers.")

I do wonder how long before you see the games played like what has occured in places like RI.  http://www2.turnto10.com/news/i-team/2012/may/14/i-team-questionable-traffic-tickets-ar-1036475/   or http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2012/02/06/ri_drivers_say_school_bus_camera_system_is_flawed/ (link not good now).  Quote:  "Marc Brassard tells WJAR-TV ( http://bit.ly/yQj4xW) that he received a $300 ticket from Providence police for illegally passing a school bus. But he says the stop arm of the bus was deployed when the driver was on break and there were no children aboard.”

SAFETY IS PULLING OVER SOMEONE ACTING UNSAFE!  Not sending a bill weeks later.  If RI is any example, games will evenually be played to churn the needed "violation" number.  As I have quoted before, one only has to look at the RI law to see that it will be about "inventing" violations long term.  http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2436.asp

Quote:  "When the machine detects a vehicle moving within 50 feet of the bus a second after the bus driver activates a red flashing light, then the vendor will mail a $300 ticket to that car's owner."

Notice the "50 feet" number.  Why do you think they have that "there"????

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