How hard is it to stop for a school bus?
It’s a question many Southern Nevada parents are asking after a viral dashcam video showed a driver speeding past a school bus with its stop arm out while children were literally in the street.
It happened near Jessup Road and Robindale Road in the Las Vegas Valley. The video quickly spread online, drawing more than 300,000 views after being shared on Reddit.
And it’s easy to see why. Watching kids cross the street while a driver blows through a stop arm is the kind of thing that makes your stomach drop.
WATCH: A driver flies by a school bus stop arm, forcing nearby children to dodge it.
What’s the solution? FOX5’s Jaclyn Schultz gives the latest update on installing cameras on bus stop arms. “I just sat there in disbelief. Thank God those kids didn’t get hit.”
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— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) April 23, 2026
Parents Want Safer Streets
Witness Lee Collins told FOX5 KVVU-TV he was stunned.
“I couldn’t believe, even here in Vegas, this person just blasted right by,” Collins said. “Thank God those kids didn’t get hit.”
Parent Thomas Bane, who walks his child home from the bus stop, said the danger was obvious.
“That could very easily have been an accident, a kid getting hit and hurt, for sure. It’s unacceptable, really.”
He’s not alone.
Most parents don’t expect perfection from drivers. They do expect basic caution- especially when you know kids are around.
That seems like a pretty low bar.
Henderson Police Department says it is investigating the driver seen in the video. Police also reminded the public to call 311 if they witness a vehicle illegally passing a stopped school bus.
If there is immediate danger to children or pedestrians, call 911 of course.
The Camera Question
The incident has renewed debate over stop-arm cameras on school buses. Clark County School District has explored adding cameras that would capture drivers who illegally pass stopped buses.
A pilot study presented to lawmakers found six drivers pass a single CCSD bus stop arm each day. That’s pretty concerning.
But many residents also have concerns when it comes to surveillance, privacy, and government overreach.
People are right to ask how footage would be stored, who reviews it, how long it is kept, how mistakes are challenged, and whether a program like this would slowly grow beyond its original purpose.
Once cameras go up, trust can absolutely go down if the rules aren’t made clear.
Safety and Liberty Both Matter
Nevada lawmakers previously passed Assembly Bill 527, which allows districts to use cameras while requiring law enforcement review before any citation is issued.
That review is key. If cameras are used for this purpose, they should be tightly limited to school bus safety only.
No mission creep. No fishing expeditions. No turning children’s safety into a cash machine.
There should be clear due process, public transparency, regular audits, and strong penalties for misuse of data.
That’s responsible government.
A Better Path Forward
We can demand safer streets for children while also demanding limits on government power.
Maybe the answer includes cameras. Maybe it includes stronger enforcement, better driver education, or tougher penalties for repeat offenders. Maybe it includes all three.
But what happened in that viral video should not and cannot become normal.
Kids should be able to cross the street at a school bus stop without parents wondering if the next car will stop.
Protecting children matters. So does protecting liberty.
Nevada should insist on both.
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