The Bensalem Township School District and the Bensalem Township Police Department began Bus Patrol: Video Stop Arm Enforcement at the beginning of this school year.  To date, Bensalem Police have issued over 3500 civil violations under PA Vehicle Code Section 3345.1.  Each of these violations has a $300 civil penalty that is issued to the registered owner of the vehicle.  No points or driver's license suspension are associated with this civil penalty.  That comes to an average of 32 VIOLATIONS PER SCHOOL DAY!  This is unacceptable.

Bensalem Police have identified 2 "hot spots" for these violations since the beginning of the school year.  The first being Knights Road between Dunksferry Road and Street Road.  The second being Bristol Pike between Hulmeville Road and Tennis Avenue.  The Bensalem Police Motor Patrol unit has been deployed to these areas for targeted enforcement of school bus stop arm violations.  If a police officer stops and issues you a state citation for this violation, you are subject to 5 points on your drivers license, a 60-day drivers license suspension and a $250 fine upon conviction.  All Bensalem Township Police Officers have been directed to enforce these on-view violations and any that are not detected by police officers, WILL be cited via the Bus Patrol: Video Stop Arm Enforcement.  You won't get away with it!!

We need to protect our children.  Please pay attention and stop for the red lights on school buses before another tragedy occurs.

Click on the short video below as Mayor DiGirolamo, Director McVey and Lieutenant Bugsch discuss this program during The Mayor's Show today.