A new class action lawsuit filed against Hillsborough County Schools claims the district’s appeals process for school bus camera violations is violating state law and the result favors the district and private camera vendor over drivers who challenge their fines.
Stanley Schultz of Plant City is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. He was fined $225 for illegally passing a school bus with its stop arm deployed last year. However, video from his citation shows the bus’s warning lights never flashed before the bus stopped and the stop sign began to deploy.
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Class action lawsuit challenges appeals process for controversial school bus camera tickets
“I felt that I was done wrong, and that’s why I wanted to pursue it,” Schultz said…