All School Buses Need Traffic Cameras
Let’s act to stop the needless death and injury of children
A school bus stops outside my window every day at just after 4PM. Almost without fail, at least one car ignores the flashing stop sign that flips out when the bus comes to a halt.
Sometimes you see vehicles speed up and pass as they notice the bus as if they’re fearful of getting trapped behind it when it stops. It is absolutely infuriating to witness, as it’s a deliberate action that puts a child’s safety at risk.
There are far too many stories in our country of children getting involved in accidents as they step off the school bus. Although the number of fatalities are terrible, that number does not include the incidents of near-misses. But there’s a simple solution to making our streets safer for our kids, simply put a traffic camera on every single school bus. Motorists will soon be trained to show a little more respect for human life.
The rule needs to be enforced
If there’s one thing that Coronavirus has demonstrated, it’s that Americans won’t do something just because it is the right thing to do. In order to make any progress changing social behavior, there have to be dire consequences for a transgression.
