Noblesville Schools in Noblesville, Indiana started trials with three stop-arm manufacturers and chose Gate- keeper Systems. “We met with the prosecutor’s office here in Hamilton
County to make sure they would be on board or what information we would need if we were providing stop arm video to the police department, so we could know if we were turning in violations that were going to have something that resulted not only in citations being issued but also that if they went to court that we get convictions on them,” said Brian Zachery, transportation director. “We made a decision early on that we didn’t want to make it look like we were trying to get stop-arm violations for profit.” The district utilized safety money from its budget
to put the technology on the buses that reported the highest number of violations. After doing so, some 85 citations were issued. Going forward, stop-arm video technology is part of the specifications for new bus pur- chases. Cameras are mounted on the driver’s side of the bus and behind the stop arm. “Part of the evidence we wanted to have was to show
that the stop arm was out when the vehicle passed by the bus. We have a camera that gets the license plate number as the vehicle goes by,” Zachary explained. “We
have dash cams on the bus because you can see the violation from the driver’s perspective. The parents are appreciative of the fact that we have it.” The technology also has been helpful in driver training. “If we see stop arm video and the stop wasn’t done
properly, if the stop arm was put out too late or the bus is slightly moving a little bit, we can use it as a training tool to show the driver and correct that,” he added. The drivers, especially the ones witnessing a lot of
violations, appreciate the technology. “Instead of having to worry about getting a descrip-
tion of a vehicle and a license plate in real time while they’re trying to drive the bus, all they have to do is mark the video, report it to us and then we take it from there,” Zachery concluded. However, as 22 states now allow school districts to enter
into agreements with stop-arm enforcement companies, the laws differ as to the requirements for the video capture. This bothers the Nationa Motorists Association, which cites Pennsylvania’s law as especially problematic. A spokesman noted that Act 38 of 2020 assumes a vehicle’s owner was driving and doesn’t address the duration of yellow warning lights and hazardous stops that should be moved to safer locations, which national school bus speci- fications already call on student transporters to do. ●
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