The latest proposal in front of state lawmakers is a plan to install cameras in school buses, but instead of recording students, those cameras would be used to tape drivers who are passing by.
Under the proposed bill, the cameras would take pictures of cars that don't come to a stop any time a bus signal is up. The owners of offending cars would get a ticket in the mail.
However, some parents, like Casey and Summer Coxe, said they aren't so sure there's a need for another electronic Big Brother.
"I haven't seen a rash of young kids getting hit by cars," Casey Coxe said. "Most individuals stop for school buses when there's kids, anyway."
That doesn't always happen, though. Even with the flashing lights and bold colors, many drivers still fail to stop for school buses. Nationwide, one-third of school bus accidents involve children who are hit by cars on their way to and from the school bus.
Still, critics compare school bus cameras to red light cameras, which are already up and sending tickets to the owners of cars caught breaking the law, even if someone else happened to be behind the wheel.
It's a problem that could endanger both types of cameras, but Orange County Sheriff's Capt. Mike Fewless says there's a way around it.
"If it was not their car, it was not someone, you know, a family member driving it, they have a right to go ahead and sign that affidavit and say, 'hey, this was not us - please send it to the correct people,'" he said.
However, when it comes to school bus safety, the Coxes say lawmakers need to get their priorities straight.
"Do school buses have seat belts yet?" Summer Coxe said. "Why don't you focus on that? I mean, really, why don't you focus on that?
The new legislation also sets the cost of a school bus camera ticket at $250, which is more than double the fine from an officer-written ticket.
Critics say that's proof the bill is more about making money than protecting children.