Conducted by NASDPTS National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation

* 2010 NASDPTS Conference in Portland, OR * Discussions during the State Directors Policy Forum * Resulted in Resolution #5 approved by the membership * Adopted November 1, 2010 * Notification and forms sent to each State Director on February 8, 2011 * Surveys were conducted between March 1 and May 15, 2011

* RESOLUTION #5 * STOP ARM VIOLATION SURVEY * WHEREAS the members of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation * Services (NASDPTS) believe that any student fatality in the school transportation process is * unacceptable, and * WHEREAS there continue to be student fatalities in the school bus loading zone resulting from * motorists illegally passing school buses at passenger stops, and * WHEREAS several states have conducted counts of stop arm violations and the results have * proved useful in showing the magnitude of the problem to law enforcement, state and federal * agencies and the general public, therefore * BE IT RESOLVED that NASDPTS encourages each state to conduct an annual one-day count * of stop arm violations with a target count date of one school day between March 1 and May 15, * and * BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NASDPTS Board of Directors will provide to each * state recommended processes and will publish the results of the annual count by July 15 on the * NASDPTS website and will make the data available to the National Highway Traffic Safety * Administration and American School Bus Council to be used for "Back To School" and other * motorist awareness. * Adopted November 1, 2010

* States were given the opportunity to report by two methods * State report or local district report * Some inconsistencies in reporting: Examples: Some totaled incidents Some totaled vehicles passing

* 111,914 Buses participated * Over 20% of the buses run nation wide * 37,756 Incidents reported * 76,685 vehicles passed illegally

* When Incidents occurred Morning Routes 49.1% Mid Day 4% Afternoon Routes 46.9%

* Direction of vehicles passing bus From the front 61.8% From the rear 38.2%

* Side of bus that incident occurred Left Side 96.9% Right Side 3.1%

StateDate of SurveyContact PersonSchool Buses ParticipatingPassing Incidents Total Passing VehiclesAMMidDayPMPassed from FrontPassed from RearLeft Side of BusRight Side of Bus AL11/10/2010Joe Lightsey 7,041 1, %0.0%54.0%76.0%24.0%97.0%3.0% AR4/20/2011Mike Simmons 1, %0.8%64.0%84.2%15.8%99.0%1.0% AZ5/6/2011Antonio Mlynek for Vicki Barnett , %4.9%49.3%64.4%35.6%99.6%0.4% CA5/4/2011Anna Borges 7,350 4,651 13, %6.6%37.7%46.9%53.1%100.0%0.0% DE5/6/2011Ron Love 1, , %3.3%54.0%53.6%46.4%98.4%1.6% FL3/2/2011Charlie Hood 12,967 8,917 20, %1.7%50.2%62.6%37.4%97.0%3.0% GA5/5/2011Carlton Allen 14,322 4,629 8, %0.7%52.1%70.7%29.3%92.3%7.7% IA*5/11/2011Max Christensen 2, %3.6%50.3%63.9%36.1%97.0%3.0% IL3/1/2011Cinda Meneghetti 4,805 1,987 3, %6.5%46.4%56.5%43.5%94.1%5.9% IN5/3/2011Michael A. LaRocco 10,850 1,797 3, %3.7%52.1%78.3%21.7%96.7%3.3% KS*4/20/2011Larry Bluthardt 1, %9.5%53.9%70.6%29.4%95.6%4.4% LA*1/0/1900Michael Coburn 1, , %0.1%49.3%74.1%25.9%96.0%4.0% MA6/1/2011Judith Dupille 2,154 1, %3.7%28.8%85.9%14.1%96.7%3.3% MD2/9/2011Leon Langley 4, ,028N/A 56.9%43.1%94.8%5.2% ME*1/0/1900Pat Hinckley %7.2%53.6%84.0%16.0%98.9%1.1% MI5/4/2011Ken Micklash 8, , %6.4%51.7%65.9%34.1%99.2%0.8% MN*4/12/2011Ed Carroll 2, %4.2%55.5%75.5%24.5%97.9%2.1% MO*4/12/2011Debra Clink 2, %2.3%46.7%64.5%35.5%92.6%7.4% NC3/23/2011Derek Graham 13,658 2,401 3, %0.0%53.9%71.7%28.3%95.6%4.4% NM1/0/1900Carlos Santiago %1.5%51.7%74.5%25.5%93.6%6.4% NV5/2/2011Diana Hollander , %8.8%47.4%57.9%42.1%97.5%2.5% NY3/30/2011Peter Manella - 1,603 -N/A OR4/19/2011Steven Huillet 2, , %9.8%50.3%84.0%16.0%97.0%3.0% SC5/4/2011John Dozier 1, %2.7%54.6%69.2%30.8%99.1%0.9% UT5/12/2011Murrell Martin , %7.1%59.2%63.0%37.0%98.3%1.7% VA*1/0/1900June Eanes %0.8%45.6%78.6%21.4%97.9%2.1% WV5/14/2011Ben Shew 2, %0.6%57.4%82.9%17.1%96.7%3.3% WY2/11/2011David Koskelowski 1, %9.1%47.9%N/A 28 TOTALS 111,914 37,756 76, %4.0%46.9%61.8%38.2%96.9%3.1% * Local Data Entry