Police are now releasing that video ahead of the new school year as a reminder to drivers when it comes to the laws for stopping for school buses.
"When I began looking at some of those videos, even early on in the school year, I was shocked," said Marple Township Police Chief Brandon Graeff.
One video shows a young girl with a pink backpack crossing in front of a stopped school bus when a black truck speeds past from behind, narrowly missing her. The driver didn't appear to slow down.
Graeff wishes it was an isolated incident, but it's not.
"My gut tells me they (the drivers) think they won't get caught," he said of the reason so many people ignored the flashing red lights of stopped school buses.
Now, though, more drivers are getting caught. It's thanks to cameras that the Marple Newtown School District added to its buses last school year as part of the Bus Patrol program. In its inaugural school year, the program caught more than 2,000 drivers behaving badly around school buses.
"It was about 2,900 violations from Marple Newtown School District Buses," said Graeff, adding that about 2,300 of those incidents happened in Marple and the other 600 were in Newtown. About 2,100 of those resulted in tickets.
The police department reviews the videos before deciding whether to issue citations.
"They're gonna get a $300 ticket," said Graeff of the punishment.
Other school districts are also dealing with the same problem. The Lower Merion School District just added cameras to its buses this month as school is about to start. Per state law, drivers must stop at least 10 feet away from a school bus with red flashing lights and a stop arm. They also have to stop if they're coming from the opposite direction and there's no division in the road.
"Numerous violations are happening 5, 10, 12, 15 seconds after the buses stop," said Graeff.
In one case depicted on video, a school bus was stopped for 10 seconds when a white car coming from the opposite direction went right past the flashing stop sign. Within one second, a child walks by in the background.
"Thankfully, we in Marple have not had any incidents of students being struck," said Graeff.
Police and district leaders hope to keep it that way, using cameras to keep drivers in check.
"Finally, every one of them is being held accountable," said Graeff.
Not only do police review the video before they decide whether to issue a ticket, but the company operating the program also provides a QR code where drivers can see the video for themselves. Police hope it's a warning for drivers in all areas to follow the rules, now that school buses are back on the roads.