AJC.com in Georgia reported that Cobb County officials met to figure out how to curb a 31-percent increase in people illegally passing school buses.
“The kids are important enough that we are watching and doing our due diligence to try to bring up in one’s mind the safety of our children,” said Sgt. Dana Pierce, spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department.
Officials from the police department along with staff from the school district and the company that runs the camera technology (ATS) developed a plan for the school year to try and lower the number of violators.
Cobb police statistics show that 2,241 people violated the law in August. Last year, that number was 1,712, and the year before was 1,822.
Cameras can better read the tag number of the offending vehicle than last year.
“If this technology helps save one life, then we all as a community are better for that,” Pierce said.
