Fulton Schools Roll Out Bus Stop Arm Cameras

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Sandy Springs, GA -- School bus stop arm cameras will be activated next week in the Fulton County School System.

The system, the fourth largest in the state of Georgia with 96,000 students, has partnered with American Traffic Solutions to deploy CrossingGuard®, the company’s new technology to help school districts “address the growing problem of illegal passing of school buses that are stopped and boarding or disembarking children,” Fulton County schools said.

The cameras will be rolled out Feb. 8, and motorists will be given a 30-day warning period to become familiar with the new safety initiative.

“Providing safe travel for the children who ride our 760 buses to and from school is our main priority with this safety program,” said Interim Superintendent Kenneth Zeff. “These cameras will allow us to better inform the public that serious consequences can occur when you run the stop arm.”

CrossingGuard®, ATS’ school bus stop arm technology automatically detects if a vehicle passes the stopped school bus within the enforced zone. High-quality violation images of a vehicle’s license plate and a video that captures the entire violation event provide law enforcement the evidence they need to effectively prosecute these violations.

In Georgia, the penalty for a first stop-arm violation will warrant the vehicle’s owner a $300 fine for the first violation, a $750 fine for the second and a third violation in a five-year period will result in a $1,000 fine.

Fines will kick in March 7, the end of the 30-day grace period. 

ATS is the largest school bus camera service provider in Georgia with contracts in Carroll County, Carrollton City, Clarke County, Clayton County, Cobb County, Douglas County, Houston County, Muscogee County, Newton County, Paulding County and the city of Marietta.

For more information, visit www.atscrossingguard.com.

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Photos: Charles Territo (left) of American Traffic Solutions and R. Sam Ham (right) of Fulton County Schools’ Transportation Department feature the new CrossingGuard stop arm camera system on a school bus.