2 Investigators: School Buses Speed To Make Additional Routes

November 1, 2012 10:16 PM " CHICAGO (CBS) – School speed zones are supposed to be safe. Drivers must go no more than 20 miles per hour.

So, why are so many drivers speeding through them — especially the ones behind the wheel of those big yellow buses with kids aboard?

CBS 2′s Dave Savini uncovers school bus drivers going twice the limit. The latest reason may surprise you.

Savini caught school bus drivers passing and speeding through school zones because they are afraid missing their next stop will mean losing pay.

Drivers followed by CBS 2′s investigators were caught traveling well over the 20 mph limit — speeds as high as 41 mph. Sources say bus drivers are being forced to run more routes and are being pressured to speed in order to make it on time.

Richton Park is one community where this is happening. Sixth-grader Chloe Blatzer was on a speeding bus CBS 2 clocked going 34mph in a 20mph zone.

“She always drives fast,” the student says of her driver, who declined to talk with Savini.

Chloe recalls one time where she ended on the floor of the vehicle "

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