If you think cars passing school buses when their flashers are on and stop signs are out is a problem, the province is trying to do something about it.
A pilot project will be testing cameras on school buses.
Thirteen schoolbuses in the province will be outfitted with video cameras to catch scofflaw drivers starting March 12 for 45 days. That will include 3 buses in Montreal plus one each in Laval, the Laurentians, the Montérégie and the Eastern Townships.
Transport Minister André Fortin said they have anecdotal reports from school bus companies and statistics from police but that they don't represent the problem across the province.
Rosemère company Bus Patrol is funding the pilot project to the tune of $10,000 US per bus.
CEO Jean Soulière said a pilot project in Ontario in 2016 shows how big a problem this is - with about one infraction recorded per bus per day on average. Soulière said that's alarming when you consider there are 18,000 school buses in that province.
In 2014, police handed out over 2000 tickets for such road safety violations in Quebec.
Soulière said the cameras have so far been working well in the eight U.S. states where they have set up the systems, with incidents going down.
"Drivers are becoming more educated and (...) the routes on which we're deployed have less violations," said Soulière in an interview with CJAD 800 News.
If you don't stop for a school bus that has its flashers on and stop-arm out or if you pass the bus, you can get a ticket for $200 plus fees and nine demerit points.