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Mooresville and Iredell-Statesville schools ask county to pursue civil enforcement for stop-arm violations
Summary
School leaders urged the Ardo County Board of Commissioners to pursue an ordinance authorized by Senate Bill 55 (2017) allowing civil fines for motorists who pass stopped school buses; commissioners directed staff to study Harnett County's model, obtain details and return with a draft ordinance and public-hearing schedule.
School officials from Mooresville Graded School District and Iredell-Statesville Schools presented the Ardo County Board of Commissioners with data and a draft ordinance template asking the county to use the civil-enforcement option under Senate Bill 55 to address drivers who pass stopped school buses.
Dr. Jason Gardner, representing Mooresville Graded School District, said upgraded bus-camera systems documented what the districts suspected: high numbers of stop-arm violations. "As of today, 511 documented stop-arm violations in our school district of around 6,000 students," Gardner said. He and other presenters said the burden of proof for criminal enforcement is high because positive identification of the driver is often not possible, and that civil enforcement administered through a vendor can reduce law-enforcement workload and…
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