Judging by the number of tickets over the past several months, there are a lot of Gwinnett County drivers who don’t know you’re not supposed to pass a school bus that’s stopped with its red lights on and stop sign out. Or say they didn’t know. Or do it anyway.
Cameras were mounted on some buses about a year ago to catch violators in the act. In the past six months, 1,370 motorists have paid the price. That’s $300 for the first time, more if you’re caught again.
Not everyone takes the bus-passing rap passively. Find out what some say about the cameras, including why even prosecutors say citations may sometimes have been given out too aggressively and the change they propose, in today's paper and here, on our premium website, myajc.com.
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