WE HAVE A CREW THERE AT THE
SCENE.
ROB: VIDEO THAT WILL STARTLE ANY
PARENT.
DRIVERS BREAKING THE LAW AND
PUTTING CHILDREN AT RISK, CAUGHT
ON CAMERA AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE A CHILD
GET HIT OR KILLED.
WE ARE SHOWING HOW MANY ARE
BREAKING LIVES IN MEANT TO KEEP
CHILDREN SAFE.
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE
HAPPENS THOUSANDS OF TIMES EVERY
DAY DESPITE THE FINE AND THE
RISK TO CHILDREN.
WAS TRAVERSING THE PROBLEM SEEMS
TO BE GETTING WORSE.
EVERY SCHOOL DAY, CAMERON AND
HIS MOM HAD OUT
ON A LONG RIDE
TO GRASS VALLEY TO CATCH THE
BUS.
MOST DAYS IT IS UNEVENTFUL.
BUT IN
SEPTEMBER HE NEVER MADE
IT HIS SEAT.
IT WAS REAL CLOSE TO THE BUS.
THE DRIVER OF THIS GREEN
TRUCK CRASHED HEAD-ON AS CAMERON
WAS CLIMBING ON BOARD.
I TRIED TO JUMP OUT TONIGHT
COULD GET REALLY HURT.
CAMERON'S MOTHER STACY WAS
STILL AT THE BUS STOP AND SAW IT
ALL HAPPEN.
SHE WATCHED PARAMEDICS REMOVE
HER SON ON THE STRETCHER.
STACY COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK
WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF THE
BUS DRIVER STEPPED OUTSIDE THE
BUS.
I IMMEDIATELY
THOUGHT WHAT
SHE HAS BEEN OUT IN THE ROAD
HELPING CHILDREN ACROSS THE BUS.
IF SHE HAD BEEN HOLDING A SIGN
THEY WOULD UP AND HIT BY THE
TRUCK.
WHEN THE TRUCK
STOPPED THIS
WAS THE VIEW FROM THE BUS
DRIVER'S SEAT.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT SOUND
OF METAL HITTING METAL.
CEDI SAYS THAT SHE SEES DRIVERS
GO THROUGH HER STOP SIGN ALL THE
TIME.
YOU GET THE ONES THAT STOP
AND OBEY IT AND THEN CARS THAT
ARE LIKE ONE TO 34 AND THEN GO
AROUND.
-- ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR AND
THEN GO AROUND.
WE CAUGHT IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
CAMERAS CAUGHT SEVEN PEOPLE IN
ONE AFTERNOON.
IT IS NOT JUST HAPPENING IN
SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL ROADS, IT
IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ALSO TOOK OUR
CAMERAS TO WEST
SACRAMENTO.
WE WATCHED CAR AFTER CAR AFTER
CAR PASSING SCHOOL BUSES WELL TO
STOP SIGNS WERE OUT -- WHILE THE
STOP SIGNS WERE OUT.
THIS DRIVER TOOK US ON HER
ROUTE.
AT ONE STOP, A SEMITRUCK AND NOT
ONE, BUT THREE OTHER CARS PASSED
THE STOP SIGN AND THE FLASHING
LIGHTS.
WE CALLED THE TRUCKING COMPANY
BUT THEY NEVER CALLED BACK.
AT A DIFFERENT BUS STOP WE SAW A
PARADE OF MOTORISTS INCLUDING A
FEDEX TRUCK.
THE DELIVERY COMPANY SAID IN A
STATEMENT THAT FEDEX WILL NOT
TOLERATE UNSAFE DRIVING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SAFETY OF
CHILDREN IS INVOLVED.
THEY ADDED, WE WILL CONDUCT A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE
MATTER.
SACRAMENTO HAS POLICE OFFICERS
DEDICATED TO WATCHING OUT FOR
BUSES.
THE HOURS THAT KIDS ARE GOING
TO SCHOOL AND WHEN THEY GET OUT.
WHEN SCHOOL BUSES ARE MORE
PRONE
TO HAVE THOSE LIGHTS ON DRIVERS
NEED TO BE MORE AWARE.
WE SAW IT WORKED WHEN THE
POLICE ARE THERE, BUT WHEN THE
ART THEIR DRIVERS GOING SO FAR
AS TO MANEUVER AROUND OTHER CARS
WHO DID STOP.
WATCH THIS GRAY CARGO AROUND THE
BLUE CAR ON THE LEFT.
THIS PAST YEAR, BUS DRIVERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY COUNTED HOW
MANY PASS THEM ILLEGALLY IN ONE
DAY.
THEY TALLIED MORE THAN 78,000
NATIONWIDE.
MORE THAN 21,000 WERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY CAN
MISS A BIG YELLOW BUS WITH RED
LIGHTS FLASHING.
WAS TRAVERSING THAT THE SIGNS
ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
WHEN THE STOP SIGN IS OUT THERE
IS A HIGHER RISK OF CHILD BE IN
THE STREET.
IF YOU RUN ACROSS THE STREET
AND CATCH YOUR BUS IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
IN
OTHER AREAS AROUND THE
COUNTRY, CAMERAS ONBOARD CAUGHT
NEAR MISSES.
CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE BUS IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
IN
SEATTLE, THIS SUV PASSED ON
THE RIGHT.
WATCH AS THE CAR ALMOST IT'S THE
GROUP OF STUDENTS.
TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM, 12
STATES ALLOW CAMERAS TO BE
ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE OF
SCHOOL BUSES TO CATCH THOSE
DRIVERS AS THEY GO BY.
IN WYOMING THAT CAMERAS ARE
REQUIRED AND DRIVERS CAN TURN
THE VIDEO OVER TO POLICE BUT
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN EFFORT
TO DO THE SAME IN CALIFORNIA.
IN GRASS VALLEY, CAMERON SAYS
THE SORENESS HAS GONE AWAY, BUT
HIS MOM WORRIES IT COULD HAPPEN
AGAIN.
IT TAKES
15 TO 20 SECONDS FOR
THE BUS TO PICK UP THOSE KIDS.
IT IS NOT WORTH RUNNING PEOPLE
OVER OR INJURING PEOPLE FOR 20
TO 30 SECONDS OF TIME.
DURING OUR INVESTIGATION WE
DID SEE A FAIR NUMBER OF DRIVERS
STOP, BUT EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT
WE WENT OUT, WE SAW AT LEAST ONE
DRIVER BLOW THROUGH THE STOP
SIGN.
KELLIE: I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW
MANY CARS YOU CAUGHT.
AS A MOM I WANT TO GO OUT AND
YELL AT THOSE DRIVERS.
WHAT THE COST OF THE TICKET?
IF THE POLICE PULLED THEM OVER,
IS THAT ANY KIND OF DETERRENT?
THE TICKET FOR RUNNING THE
STOP SIGN ON THE BUS IS ONE OF
THE HIGHEST ON THE BOOK.
IN MOST CITIES IT IS
ABOUT $700
AND WITH ADDITIONAL FEES IT CAN
GO HIGHER.
EITHER DRIVERS DON'T REALIZE
THAT THE SIGN IS THAT HIGH, OR
THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN SNEAK
BY.
ROB: WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET
-- CAMERAS -- TO GET DASHCAM ON
SCHOOL BUSES?
IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER PIECE
OF LEGISLATION.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A NEW LAW AND
THEN IT BECOMES A MATTER OF
COST.
SO MANY SCHOOL BUSES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA.