John Washington III Questions Whether Inactive School Buses Are Being Used to Trap Drivers Into Tickets
John Washington III, a candidate for president in 2028, said school bus laws were created to protect children, not to create a revenue stream, and he called for answers about reports that old, inactive buses are being used to catch drivers passing when their stop signs are activated.
John Washington III, a candidate for president in 2028, raised what he called serious concerns about reports and allegations involving old, inactive school buses allegedly being used to catch drivers passing when their stop signs are activated. In a statement, he wrote that school bus laws were created to protect children, not to create another revenue stream for city and state governments.
John Washington III said the buses at issue are allegedly no longer being used to transport children, yet are being operated in ways that result in traffic citations. "If city governments and police departments are deliberately approving these tactics simply to collect more money from hardworking Americans, THAT IS A SERIOUS ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY," he wrote. He said he fully supports protecting children and that any driver who illegally passes a school bus and endangers children should be held accountable, but he drew a line between protecting children and deliberately setting people up to receive traffic tickets.
John Washington III said that under his administration the allegations would not be ignored. As president, he said, he would push for federal investigations, where legally authorized, into cities, states and law enforcement agencies accused of deliberately manufacturing traffic violations for financial gain, and would pursue accountability through every lawful avenue available, including federal civil rights enforcement where violations of federal law are established.
John Washington III said no city government, police department or state official should be above accountability, and that the government works for the people. If an inactive school bus is being used primarily to generate citations rather than protect children, he said, the public deserves to know who authorized it, why it was authorized, and whether those citations were lawful. His statement, as received, ends mid-statement as he began calling for stronger safeguards; this report uses only the complete material in it.
