The Buffalo News (July 16, 2020) — Every school bus used daily in Niagara Falls will be equipped with exterior cameras this fall to catch drivers who illegally pass the buses, School Superintendent Mark R. Laurrie said Thursday.
The City Council on Wednesday completed approval of the five-year contract that gives BusPatrol America, the camera company, 60% of all the fines imposed on drivers caught by the cameras.
Laurrie said the company won’t charge anything to install the outside cameras or new surveillance cameras inside all 80 Niagara Falls Coach Lines buses.
The images are given to the Niagara Falls Police Department to issue the traffic tickets, Laurrie said. The fine is $250 for a first offense. The cameras are activated with the safety arm that drops when a bus stops.