We are on a mission to make school buses more visible & children safer. BusGates® extension arms do both.

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43 MILLION+

times each year a vehicle will illegally pass a stopped school bus.

"43,000,000 times a year motorists fail to stop when the "Stop Arm" on a school bus is deployed."

-National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS)

10 CHILDREN

are killed each year by illegally passing motorists.

"BUSGATES® Can reduce stop arm violations by as much as 95%… resulting in approximately 17 Million less chances school children are hurt by Drivers who do not stop for school buses per year.”

— Alvarado, TX School District 2019 Pilot Program

95% REDUCTION

in illegal “drive-arounds” reported on buses using BusGates stop arm extensions

“My Drivers that have The BUSGATES® love them,” Wood Said. ”Even though it hasn't completely stopped all [Stop-Arm] runners, we are still at about 95% reduction [In Violations], which is huge.”

- Terry W. | Alvarado, TX District Ops Manager

Bus Gates Bus Safety Extension Arm on Bus

BusGates®

is on a mission to reduce vehicle "drive-arounds" at bus stops, making students safer. Our Patents Pending products is a simple solution to a rising problem - cars ignoring current stop arms and illegally passing stopped school buses putting students at risk.

BusGates® products offer a simple solution that easily retrofits to any existing stop sign on school buses. BusGates® stop arm extensions offer additional visibility with flashing LED lights and extend 5 feet from the bus to become a physical barrier making "drive-arounds" much harder.

Bright L.E.D. Lights

Affordable

Lightweight

Easy & Quick Installation

Custom Sizes Available

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Bus Extension Arms Making Buses Safer

Father hugging their kid after getting home from bus safe

We are a parent owned business!

Parents watching kids leave for bus stop

As parents, we have watched our kids walk out that door 100s of times to head to school. Every single time all we hope for is that they make it to school and back home safe.

One day the kids were getting on the bus and we saw a car blow by the school bus stop sign like it wasn't even there. Immediately we thought...

this needs to be safer!

Are you ready to commit to making every bus stop safer?

Quantity discounts are available so you can affordably equip your whole fleet!

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Recent News & Updates

American Business Times article on Child Safety Network and BusGates partnership reducing school bus stop dangers. Image shows a bus with a stop sign.

New Partnership Between Child Safety Network and BusGates Aims to Reduce School Bus Stop Dangers Nationwide

National partnership aims to end the 45 million annual illegal school bus passings and save children’s lives through advanced safety technology. "Every time a driver illegally passes a stopped school bus, they’re putting children’s lives at risk.” — Jeff Stauffer - BusGates Co-founder SPRINGFIELD, IL, UNITED STATES, November 11, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / --Child Safety Network™ ( CSN ™) is pleased to announce its collaboration with BusGates ® to combat a growing national c

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Yellow school bus with a red stop sign arm extended on a suburban street. Houses and clear blue sky in the background.

How School Bus Safety Innovation Inspired the Creation of BusGates

Every morning across America, parents send their children off to school with the same hope: that they’ll arrive safely and return home just as they left. For us, at BusGates®, that hope turned into a mission. BusGates® was born out of both love and fear. Love for our kids, and fear for what could happen in those few moments at the bus stop. We’ve all seen it: cars speeding past stopped school buses, ignoring flashing lights and stop arms. The frustration and anxiety of watchi

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