SYDNEY, N.S. -- A school board in Cape Breton has added cameras to the outside of eight school buses to catch drivers who ignore the flashing lights that tell them to stop when students are getting on or off.
The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board says it had to do something when a provincewide survey revealed the region had the highest number of violators spotted by bus drivers -- 87 over a two-week period.
The board already wants to outfit more buses with cameras.
Spokeswoman Colleen MacMullin says the cameras will begin rolling next week.
The footage capturing violations will then be sent to police.
Const. Harry Halliday of the Cape Breton Regional Police says the cameras will give police another tool to try to prosecute violators.
