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Parent asks Goochland School Board to fund exterior cameras after multiple stop-arm violations
Summary
A parent urged the Goochland County School Board to include exterior cameras on school buses in next year’s budget after reporting multiple drivers illegally passing stopped buses on a main road.
Jenny Slade, a parent and resident of 3041 River Road West, told the Goochland County School Board during public comment that drivers repeatedly passed her children’s stopped school bus and that the division lacks exterior bus cameras to document violators.
Slade said she has two daughters who ride the bus and described three separate incidents on River Road in which vehicles drove past a stopped school bus; she said one driver made an obscene gesture at the bus driver. "We don't have cameras on the outside of a lot of our buses to be able to find who's doing this and prosecute," Slade said. She asked the board to "maybe look at putting some school bus cameras in our budget for next year," suggesting a pilot on the most congested routes.
The request was presented as a safety measure to help identify drivers who illegally pass stopped buses and to enable enforcement. Slade noted the frequency of the incidents over the school year and urged the board to prioritize cameras for routes on main roads.
Board members did not take formal action on the request during the meeting. The item was presented as a public comment and not an agenda action; no vote or directive to staff was recorded in the transcript.
