CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Chicopee has launched a citywide automated school bus stop-arm safety program in partnership with BusPatrol, becoming the first community in Massachusetts to implement the initiative.
The campaign aims to protect students by using new camera technology to hold drivers accountable when school buses are stopped.
The safety push comes as 46% of parents report experiencing a close call near a school bus. In Chicopee, drivers frequently fail to stop when buses drop off or pick up children, leading local police to issue 186 citations for illegally passing stopped buses since the start of the school year…