North Penn School Buses Will Use Stop Arm Cameras Again In 2025-26

LANSDALE, PA — As the new 2025-26 school year gets underway, the North Penn School District will once again utilize its Bus Patrol technology to monitor and enforce violators of state traffic laws.

Specifically, the special technology detects the license plates of vehicles that fail to stop when the stop arm is extended.

Bus Patrol then shares the video evidence of violating the law with the local police, who will then issue a ticket.

"The safety of students remains our top priority, and we remind all drivers: Obey the red lights and stop signs on school buses," the district said in a statement.

More than 500 tickets were approved by the Lansdale Police Department last year.

“In other communities, the use of this technology has reduced instances of motorists recklessly disregarding school bus stop signs by over 40 percent,” Justin Meyers, president at BusPatrol, said in a statement when the program was launched before the 2024-25 school year. “This significant reduction demonstrates how our program effectively changes behavior and contributes to safer roadways. We look forward to working with the North Penn School District to make roads safer for all students.”

School buses are illegally passed an estimated 43.5 million times nationwide, the district said, with more than 200 incidents reported in a single school day in Pennsylvania in 2023.

The penalty for a first time violation is $300.