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Manitoba drivers among hundreds ignoring school bus stop signs
February 24, 2015 | Categories: Canadian Road Safety News Digest, News
Last Updated on March 3, 2015
CBC News (WINNIPEG, MANITOBA)
A local company is calling its school bus safety results astounding.
For four months, Winnipeg-based Teknisult attached cameras to school buses in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
It found 423 violations of drivers ignoring the flashing red stop signs as buses stop to allow students to get on or off.
Company president Maurice Gregoire said when his company reviewed the footage, it found three times more violations than it had anticipated