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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some school buses in three West Virginia counties will be temporarily equipped with extended stop signs aimed at preventing illegal and dangerous passing by motorists.
The two-week pilot program begins Aug. 24 in Kanawha, Cabell and Greenbrier counties.
The state Department of Education says mechanical arms will have two stop signs — the usual sign two feet from the bus, and a second sign extending six feet. Both signs will illuminate when the arm is extended and the bus is stopped.
Bus Safety Solutions Inc. donated 10 extended stop arms to each of the three participating counties. Data will be collected and compared to a two-week assessment last April, when 392 passing violations were recorded statewide. Ninety violations were reported in Kanawha County alone.
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