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There are more school bus stop sign runners in Florida than there are police to catch them. An estimated 9-thousand drivers blow past busses dropping off kids every year. The death toll ranges between 10 and 30 kids annually nationwide. As Whitney Ray tells us, legislation moving in Tallahassee promises to provide a way to catch drivers in the act.

Get caught behind a school bus in the morning or afternoon and you’ll see stop signs a dozen or more times. Drivers who lose their patience and barrel through the mobile stop signs face a 265 dollar fine. There’s just one problem; they rarely get caught.

On a typical three hour bus route, Olympia Battles see an average of three drivers blow past her stop signs.

“It’s hard for us if somebody is running it, coming back towards the opposite way, there’s no way you can catch a license plate,” said Battles.

She tries to get the license plate, but all too often her hands are full. Help may soon come for the Florida legislature.

State Senator Oscar Braynon is sponsoring a bill to allow school districts to place cameras on the side of their buses to catch dangerous drivers.

“It’s extremely dangerous and if you pass it there is absolutely no police officer waiting there to give you a ticket,” said Braynon.

The camera would be mounted right here on the side and once the bus stops, the camera would begin recording. An estimated 9-thousand Florida drivers blow through these stop signs every year, and every year between 10 and 30 lives are lost nationwide.

“If we could just save one of those then I think this legislation is worth doing,” said Braynon.

Braynon’s bill passed a senate committee this week, but it faces tough opposition in the house, by lawmakers who say Floridians are losing their privacy to cameras.