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Committee advances bill to let school districts use stop‑arm cameras to ticket motorists
Summary
Senate Bill 38, a permissive measure allowing school districts to install stop‑arm cameras and use fines to fund systems, was reported favorably by the Kentucky Senate Transportation Committee after sponsor testimony and committee discussion.
The Kentucky Senate Committee on Transportation reported Senate Bill 38 favorably after testimony that the measure would allow — but not require — school districts to outfit buses with stop‑arm camera systems to document and pursue citations for motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses.
Sen. Greg Elkins (R–District 20) presented the bill, citing a National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services safety survey in which 1,491 Kentucky bus drivers recorded 489 illegal passings on a…
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