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Bob Collins

In ignoring school bus law, drivers take aim at kids

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You may never see a more frightening video than the one the Minnesota State Patrol has released on its social media platforms, showing the near tragedy in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa school district when a fourth-grader was trying to get on to a bus.

https://www.facebook.com/MnStatePatrol/videos/590768008100149/

(The driver was charged and convicted in Wabasha County, state officials said.)

Meanwhile, KARE 11 reports that the school bus company in Delano is reporting an increase in these sorts of near misses.

"We are seeing more of the younger side that are running the stop arms so it's students when they're coming out of school and they're not paying attention. They're checking their Snapchats or talking to their friend in their vehicle. They're not even seeing you with your lights on they just drive right through," said Rayme Bernick, vice president of Stahlke Bus Service.

Law enforcement across the state wrote more than 6,500 stop-arm violation citations in the past five years, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

The video doesn't answer an important question. Is it that people don't know the law? Or do they just not care about it?