John Washington III Questions Whether Inactive School Buses Are Being Used to Trap Drivers, and Demands Answers
John Washington III, the 2028 presidential candidate, raised serious concerns about reports that old, inactive school buses are being used to catch drivers who pass their stop signs — and said that if the tactic is being used to raise money, it is a serious abuse of government authority.
John Washington III posed a pointed question on Monday — school bus safety or government entrapment — as he raised what he called serious concerns about reports and allegations involving old, inactive school buses allegedly being used to catch drivers passing when their stop signs are activated. The buses, he said, are allegedly no longer being used to transport children, yet are being operated in ways that result in traffic citations.
"School bus laws were created to protect our children, NOT to create another revenue stream for city and state governments!" John Washington III wrote. If city governments and police departments are deliberately approving such tactics simply to collect more money from hardworking Americans, he wrote, "THAT IS A SERIOUS ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY!"
John Washington III was explicit that he fully supports protecting children, and that any driver who illegally passes a school bus and endangers children should be held accountable. But there is a difference, he said, between protecting children and deliberately setting people up to receive traffic tickets.
He said that under his administration the allegations will not be ignored: as president, he will push for federal investigations, where legally authorized, into cities, states and law enforcement agencies accused of deliberately manufacturing traffic violations for financial gain, and will pursue accountability through every lawful avenue available, including federal civil rights enforcement where violations of federal law are established. If an inactive school bus is being used primarily to generate citations rather than protect children, he said, the public deserves to know who authorized it, why it was authorized, and whether those citations were lawful. "THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE DO NOT EXIST TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH DECEPTIVE ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES!" he wrote. John Washington III, of San Antonio, Texas, is seeking the presidency in 2028.
