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The Hatboro-Horsham School Board will vote on potentially adding bus-safety cameras at its next meeting.
The school board will vote on adding security cameras designed to capture drivers on camera who are seen speeding by a bus after it has its stop arm already extended.
If approved, the video footage capturing offenders would be sent to the Hatboro and Horsham Township police departments. Police would then issue violations.
At its meeting, Horsham officials said
Other local school districts, such as Abington, have already implemented the system. Abington School District approved the same measure in 2024 and came to an agreement with BusPatrol, which provides busses with the latest stop-arm safety technology, including stop-arm cameras, DVR and storage devices, interior cameras, GPS, telemetry and LTE connectivity. Schools in Bucks County, such as Bensalem, also have implemented the system on its busses.
In 2019, the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) released data from their annual national survey indicating that more than 17 million stop-arm violations occur in the United States each year.
“The technology required to power our stop-arm program provides all our riders and their parents with additional benefits, such as access to WIFI and emergency bus safety and anti-bullying alerts,” it said on its website.
The school board is expected to officially vote on the matter at its next meeting in February.
