A mom in Orange County says drivers don’t stop for school buses, even when they have their stop arm out and flashing red lights activated.

“It's infuriating as a parent,” said Melissa Dempsey.

It's not every day, but once in a while Dempsey’s two daughters take the bus to school.

And more often than not, at the bus stop, she spots drivers not stopping for the school bus on Wekiva Springs Road, near Wekiva Walk Way.

“I want to know they're safe when their standing at the bus stop and when they're getting on and off the bus and the traffic on this road doesn't make me feel this way,” she said.

Drivers are required to stop for a school bus that has activated its red flashing lights and its stop arm, even if they are traveling in the oppose direction. Only on roads where there is a raised median, with grass or concrete, drivers in the opposite direction don’t have to stop.

Failure to follow the law can cost drivers $200, if they’re caught.

“I really do believe if law enforcement started cracking down on these offenders it would bring attention to it, and that's what I want to do,” Dempsey said.

On one particular day in August, a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's office issued five tickets to drivers failing to stop in this area.

We alerted the sheriff's office that it's still a problem, and they told us they plan to have more patrols to catch violators. Meanwhile Orange County's Traffic Engineering division will look to see if more signs are needed to remind drivers to stop.

“It makes me angry as a parent, it makes me worried,” Dempsey told us, “because I want my children to be safe."

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