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Committee hears testimony on bill clarifying amber bus lights and enforcement challenges
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on House Bill 4214 to define how motorists should respond to school bus amber warning lights and discussed enforcement difficulties, camera usage, and equipment limitations.
Representative Pau Cat introduced House Bill 4214 and called two witnesses from Berrien County to describe stop-arm violations and the risks posed by unclear legal treatment of amber bus lights.
John Lehi, who said he has worked in the school bus industry since 1996 and became a director in 2009, told the committee a one-day survey in May 2024 of about 2,000 bus drivers reported roughly 1,300 illegal passes in a single day, including 46 on the right side of buses. Lehi recounted a 2014 incident in which a child was struck near a bus as amber lights changed to…
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