It’s back to school today for kids in the East Ramapo, Nanuet and Suffern school districts. Clarkstown, North Rockland, Nyack, Pearl River, and South Orangetown opened yesterday. With kids back in school that means more school buses on the roads, and local officials stress you can’t pass stopped school buses when their red lights are flashing and those stop signs are sticking out. Every Rockland school district is working through the county with BusPatrol, the company behind the technology on each bus designed to catch those who violate the law. Clarkstown School District Superintendent Dr. Marc Baiocco says it’s important to keep an eye on kids both outside of, and inside the bus…
Chief Ted Brovarski of the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office says the data covering the number of bus incidents across the state and in Rockland, is staggering…
There are financial penalties, however, the first violation is $250, the second is $275, and a third will set you back $300. During the last school year, more than 17,000 citations were issued to drivers for passing a school bus. We have a link to videos of some of the violations below.