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Eanes ISD

BusPatrol

Eanes ISD has partnered with BusPatrol to pilot a school bus safety program designed to better protect students traveling to and from school. Eanes ISD Police and West Lake Hills Police have been monitoring bus stops and observed numerous violations. Enforcement operations are now underway.

How It Works:

Stop-arm cameras are installed on the exterior of select school buses. When a bus extends its stop arm, the system automatically monitors the surrounding area and detects vehicles that illegally pass within the enforcement zone.

If a vehicle violates the stop arm, the cameras capture high-resolution images and video of the incident. This evidence includes:

The vehicle as it passes the stopped school bus

A clear image of the vehicle’s license plate

The school bus with its stop arm fully extended

The system also records video footage to provide additional documentation of the violation.

All violation data and recorded evidence are securely transmitted for processing. Eanes ISD Police conduct a final review of each incident and determine whether to approve or reject the violation before a notice is issued.

DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL BUS ARM VIOLATION
Section 545.066 of the Texas Transportation Code defines the offense of Passing a School Bus as: An operator on a highway, when approaching from either direction a school bus stopped on the highway to receive or discharge a student shall stop before reaching the school bus when the bus is operating a visual signal as required by Section 547.701; and may not proceed until the school bus resumes motion; the operator is signaled by the bus driver to proceed; or the visual signal is no longer actuated. An operator on a highway having separate roadways is not required to stop for a school bus that is on a different roadway; or if on a controlled-access highway, for a school bus that is stopped in a loading zone that is a part of or adjacent to the highway; and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.

A highway is considered to have separate roadways only if the highway has roadways separated by an intervening space on which operation of vehicles is not permitted, a physical barrier, or a clearly indicated dividing section constructed to impede vehicular traffic; and a highway is not considered to have separate roadways if the highway has roadways separated only by a left turn lane. Section 541.302(5) of the Texas Transportation Code defines "highway or street" as the width between the boundary lines of a publicly maintained way any part of which is open to the public for vehicular traffic. 

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