Stopped school bus bill passes Senate
The Senate has passed a measure named for a Rockingham County teenager that would allow school systems to install cameras on their school bus stop arms.
Known as H 440, The Nicholas Adkins School Bus Safety Act, the measure is named for a 16-year-old student who was killed as he crossed the street to board a school bus.
“He got barely two feet into the street before he got struck and killed,” said Sen. Phil Berger, a Rockingham County Republican.
The measure increases the penalty for killing someone by passing a stopped school bus. It also provides that video evidence collected by a school bus stop arm camera is admissible in court.
The bill must be given a final legislative approval by the House before being sent to Gov. Bev Perdue.
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