Ministry of Transportation, P .E.I. Case Study - Stop Arm CamerasThe Challenge: Drivers who speed by school buses when the stop arm is activated as students are loading or unloading from the bus was a growing problem and safety concern in P.E.I. According to the province’s Transportation Minister Ron MacKinley, there were many complaints from parents and bus drivers about stop arm violations, especially on the province’s two major highways. Most of the children killed in bus related crashes are pedestrians, five to seven years old. Nearly one third of the deaths occur in the 10 -foot area surrounding the school bus because of passing motorists who ignore the flashing red warning lights and disregard a bus’ deployed stop arm (NHTSA, 2006). P.E.I.’s Ministry of Transportation t

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