New technology on Maryland school buses is keeping children safer as they travel to and from school, according to state safety leaders who gathered in Howard County on Wednesday.

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They were touting the use of automated enforcement cameras, which the leaders said are drastically cutting down on the number of instances of drivers passing school buses that are stopping to pick up or drop off children.

“We’re able to eliminate up to half of those occurrences within the first couple of years,” said Justin Meyers, p

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