ROCHESTER, N.Y. — For just over two months, the City of Rochester has been issuing fines to people caught on camera passing a stopped school bus, and new data shows a drop in violations.
The city’s school bus camera program began with a two-and-a-half-month warning period for drivers, which ended on Jan. 20. So now that it’s been over two months since the program officially began handing out tickets, how do they compare so far?
Breaking down the data
The warning period began on November 3rd of last year, lasting through January 19th. During that time, a total of 8,856 warnings were issued.
Since the warning period ended, the city has sent out 5,166 tickets as of March 26th…