ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester City School District’s school bus ticket program has been issuing fines for just over two months, and new data shows a significant drop in violations.
The program began with a two-and-a-half-month warning period for drivers, which ended on January 20th. So now that it’s been over two months since the program officially began handing out tickets, how do they compare so far?
Breaking down the data
The warning period began on November 3rd of last year, lasting through January 19th. During that time, a total of 8,856 warnings were issued.
Since the warning period ended, the city has sent out 5,166 tickets as of March 26th.
That shows a 41% decrease from warnings to tickets issued so far.
The city says in just the past week, there have been about 780 tickets issued.
Parent reactions
Sara Frederick’s son goes to RCSD’s School of the Arts. While she hadn’t heard of the program before, she and her daughter are glad it’s kept her son safe for more than two months.
“The safety of the kids is more important,” Sara Frederick said. “If you want to be sure that you’re on time, leave earlier. Don’t go around the school bus.”
The program makes parents like Levi Bursey feel safer about sending his daughter to school on the bus instead of having to pick her up every day.
“I have to get up every morning and take her to school and pick her up at 3:30 every day,” Bursey said. “I think it’s super. It’s a good idea.”
Consequences for passing
Anyone who drives past a school bus while its stop arms are extended will get a ticket. The first offense is $250. The second is $275. Any further tickets within 18 months will cost $300.
Fines incurred through the city’s school bus safety program will not put any points on your license.
Drivers looking to challenge their tickets can contact the city on it’s website.
RCSD school bus cameras issue more than 5,100 tickets since fines began in January WHEC.com.
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