BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A community is on edge after the Florida Highway Patrol said a child was hit by a car in Manatee County.

It’s bringing a larger issue to light as the county cracks down on school zone safety.

For Manatee County mother Dalisha Floyd, it’s frustrating.

“Kids die,” she said. “They’re dying for no reason.”

“People are in a rush,” Floyd continued. “It takes 2 minutes to stop for the bus, it really isn’t that long.”

FHP State Trooper Ken Watson said, around 8:10 Wednesday morning, a 7-year-old boy was getting off a school bus in Bradenton when he was struck by a car.

“It’s important to understand the school bus had all of the gear on,” he explained. “That means red lights, they were flashing, including the stop signs that pultrude from the bus itself.”

Watson said as this was happening, the driver of another vehicle tried to inch into the intersection as the little boy was trying to cross the road.

With the whistle of a crossing guard, Watson explained, both the boy and driver stopped.

“At the same time, they both moved forward,” he said. “When this happened, the front of the car did bump into the little boy.”

“Fortunately, he was not injured, however, this 100% could’ve been a tragedy,” Watson continued.

This is why Manatee County is cracking down on the issue, with 60 cameras at 28 schools across the county with built-in radars.

“When we started the program we had a 30-day warning period,” Manatee County Public Safety Communications Coordinator James Nicholson explained. “After that 30-day warning period, we started sending out citations or what we call notice of violations.”

“We’ve sent out over 7,000 of those,” he continued.

That’s over $700,000 in fines.

Floyd said every penny is worth it.

“Slow down,” she explained. “It’s two minutes at the bus.”

“You [not] slowing down for two minutes because you woke up late, you have poor time management, could literally cost someone their life,” Floyd concluded.