Caught in the act: drivers illegally passing school buses

Nina Selipsky • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Caught in the act: drivers illegally passing school buses</h1>
                <h2><p>Last winter, the Bethel School District in Pierce County mounted cameras on five school buses in an attempt to catch drivers illegally passing the buses. The attempt worked: 149 citations have been issued so far, and another 89 potential violations from June are awaiting review, reports The News Tribune. Costing</p></h2>
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            <p>Last winter, the Bethel School District in Pierce County mounted cameras on five school buses in an attempt to catch drivers illegally passing the buses. The attempt worked: 149 citations have been issued so far, and another 89 potential violations from June are awaiting review, reports <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/07/07/3905560_drivers-who-pass-bethel-school.html?rh=1&ref=avalancheghost.one">The News Tribune.</a> Costing $394 each, the violations have resulted in over $48,000 in additional revenue for the district, mostly to be used on student safety. Bethel is one of the first districts in the state to use the state law passed several years ago allowing traffic cameras on school buses.</p>
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Last winter, the Bethel School District in Pierce County mounted cameras on five school buses in an attempt to catch drivers illegally passing the buses. The attempt worked: 149 citations have been issued so far, and another 89 potential violations from June are awaiting review, reports The News Tribune. Costing $394 each, the violations have resulted in over $48,000 in additional revenue for the district, mostly to be used on student safety. Bethel is one of the first districts in the state to use the state law passed several years ago allowing traffic cameras on school buses.

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By Nina Selipsky

Nina Selipsky is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She is a senior at Lakeside School in Seattle, where she is an editor and writer for the school newspaper. Nina spent last summer working with a non-p