Lakewood police issue more than 20 tickets to school bus drivers in one morning

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LAKEWOOD — Lakewood police issued 21 tickets to school bus drivers Wednesday following a series of complaints, according to a report on APP.com.

Most of the tickets (14) were for failure to wear a seat belt. Three were for cell phone violations, two for red light violations and one each for a stop sign violation and failure to exhibit insurance documents, the report said.

Friday, the Lakewood Board of Education voted to take 15 routes away from the its carrier, Negba Bus Service of Linden, following a series of problems ranging from safety violations to late arrivals.

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Company that offers the lowest bid means we pay less; it does not imply a good service. Common sense tells me sometimes we need to pay more to get a better service.

Or a company that offers a bad service should be blocked from future bidding.

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The company in the article "Negba Bus Service of Linden" is the same company we use in Cranbury. Does anyone see a problem with this?

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Our bus driver is a local Cranbury resident. She's pretty vested in the kids safety especially given her local ties.

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If u want total control of the school buses then the school board should buy their own buses and hire bus drivers who are employees of the school district. I know this is not a popular opinion because public employees are the axis of evil right now. The bottom line of private industry is always profit, not safety.

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The last posters are 100 percent correct. It is a faulty process. There is a reason that certain publlic services don't( or shouldn't )go out to bid to private for profit companies. ie police departments and fire departments. Perhaps school bus companies should be in this category.

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I agree. When you go with private companies you lose all standards of professionalism and accountability.

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Right, because getting public employees who in this State will quickly unionize, get incredible benefits tand become nearly impossible to replace if they don't do good work will be way more accountable and professional.

No thanks, Wayne DeAngelo.

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it is well established that all public employees and unions are the bastians of evil, especially in New Jersey. The reality is that private school bus companies, with lower paid non union employees, only care about making a profit. You get what u pay for.