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

Yellow school bus with stop sign extended on a tree-lined street, cars waiting behind. Sunny day, shadows on the pavement, calm atmosphere.

Solving School Transportation Challenges with Stop Arm Extensions

As parents, we do what we can to make sure our kids are safe, especially on their way to and from school. Like millions of families across the U.S., we rely on the school bus every day. In fact, over 24 million K–12 students take the bus in the U.S. each morning and afternoon (National Center for Education Statistics, 2022). It's a huge system, and most of us assume it's working the way it should. One issue that impacts school bus stops across America - and doesn't get ne

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