Manatee County motorists ignoring school bus red lights at busy spot

I live on the corner of Fourth Street East and 53rd Avenue East. For the last 10 years I have watched at least two school buses stop daily to drop off children and it never fails, several cars run the red flashing lights every day.

Today, I counted five vehicles run the bus lights. Yesterday, six cars flew through even though the bus driver was blowing her horn.

How much revenue is the county losing on tickets and when will they do something about it?

When a child gets hit or a car slams into the bus, only then will something be done and then it will be too late!

If you ask the Manatee school bus drivers, they will verify the dangerous corner.

One bus refuses to stop on 53rd Avenue; instead, the driver pulls into the mobile home park to let the children off. It seems to be the safest alternative.

I was a bus driver up north and know how nerve wrecking it can be when cars ignore the bus and its lights! Put one police car across the street and let an officer sit and count the bus runners.

I am getting ready to take my camera out there and film these crazy drivers. Maybe then someone will fix this problem!

Susan Thrower

Bradenton

This story was originally published November 8, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Manatee County motorists ignoring school bus red lights at busy spot ."