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GREER.
GABRIELLE: THANK YOU.
A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER
TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO DRIVE
AROUND A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS IS
ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING LAW
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
IT JUST PASSED THE SENATE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TODAY
AND IS NOW HEADED TO THE SENATE
FLOOR.
WYFF NEWS 4 INVESTIGATES JUST
GOT ACCESS TO VIDEO FROM THE
GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT THAT IS DRAMATIC AND
SCARY.
IT SHOWS HOW OFTEN PEOPLE HERE.
ARE PUTTING CHILDREN'S LIVES AT
RISK.
YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE CHILDREN
WHO HAVE BEEN BLURRED OUT
, WAITING TO CLASS -- CROSS
MILLER ROAD AT SANDERLING DRIVE
A CAR DRIVING FAST BLOWS PAST
HERE A CHILD RUNS ACROSS THE
LEECH STREET IN GREENVILLE IN
JUST A MOMENT LATER A CAR DRIVES
SLOWLY PAST THE STOPPED BUS.
THEN SPEEDS UP
AND AGAIN.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ARE 2,000 OF THESE VIOLATIONS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA EVERY DAY.
BACK IN 2014 WYFF NEWS 4
INVESTIGATES CLOSELY FOLLOWED
THE INITIAL LAW WHICH ALLOWED
CAMERAS TO BE PLACED NEXT TO
SCHOOL BUS STOP ARMS, AND LAW
THOSE CAMERAS TO TICKET THE
DRIVER.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PROBLEM WITH
THE CURRENT LAW IS THAT A DRIVER
CAN ONLY BE TICKETED IF THE HE
OR SHE CAN BE IDENTIFIED ON THE
VIDEO.
AND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS IT ONLY
HANDED OUT 82 TICKETS IN 2014
AND 2015.
CAMERAS THAT ARE PLACED NEXT TO
SCHOOL BUS STOP ARMS DO CAPTURE
A CLEAR SHOT OF LICENSE PLATES.
THIS NEW BILL MAKES SOME CHANGES
TO THE CURRENT LAW AND WOULD
SEND A TICKET IN THE MAIL TO THE
REGISTERED OWNER OF A VEHICLE
REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS BEHIND THE
WHEEL.
NO WORD YET ON WHEN THE BILL
WILL HEAD TO THE SENATE FLOOR.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS?