@Clueless33
PLEASE let this go. You’re not going to win and no one cares.
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Lol. Please don’t put bad spells on me 
No bad spells. A mistake was made, learn from it and move on. That’s all nothing more nothing less.
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Okay everyone. I’m back on the topic of stopping for a school bus. Since this post is about school
Bus, I guess it’s safe to continue discussing relevant topics here.
Around here has a lot of school buses on the road. They are everywhere.
Like I pointed out earlier in this post, some times the school bus driver does not keep the amber lights on for a reasonable time, and other times they do.
Today, I was traveling on a two way street when I saw a school bus on the opposite side of the road and prepared myself for it. As soon as the amber light came on the bus, I made the quick decision to STOP as I feared the bus driver would immediately activate the red flashing lights. While my car was stopped, the bus driver continued on to drive towards me with the amber lights flashing then stopped about 5 feet away from my car before turning the red lights on.
The law requires that we stay 20 feet away from a stopped school bus. So this might pose a problem.
What do you say ? I probably might get a ticket in the mail 
I don’t stop for amber lights, the bus driver might be waiting 20 minutes for their route to begin or for reasons other than loading/unloading passengers.
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So what is the problem, you were stopped and the bus stopped 5’ away from you not the other way around, Now the only issue is did you stop so quickly. out of a perceived fear of being ticketed, that you put any vehicles that might be behind you at risk of running into you for your sudden, perhaps even a panic stop…"
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I confessed. Yes, scared to death of getting ticketed by these yellow moving things on the road. I have gained a great deal of fear since my last incident. They stop anywhere on the busy road way, and the drivers don’t seem to follow a rule on how long the amber lights should flash for. And the fines are severe. So I do feel uncomfortable when I see them.
Still, I stopped in a professional and safe manner as I have 20 years of driving experience here.
Your words provided some comfort in saying at least I stopped and not the other way around.
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I watched a YouTube video couple days ago showing a SUV passing a school bus with its flashing amber lights and as the SUV reached the center of the bus the lights changed to red and he was pulled over by a cop and ticked.
It’s truly a mess
It sounds like WA state, where we only stop for busses on our side of a double yellow line, makes more sense than most other places.
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Really? How do kids cross the street?
Veeeeery carefully!
I guess so.
They don’t, the bus probably drops the kids off on the return run on that side of the street…
I’ve only seen drop offs on city streets and two lane highways where everyone stops on both sides. But those kids pile out and go every which way so you have to watch for them. Seems to be training for college where they don’t look at all. I guess stop, look, and listen are just remnants of the past.
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Kids from across the world cross the street “ very” carefully starting at 6 years old. Some countries have bus stops away from public streets to further ensure children safety.
I’ve traveled to Europe and saw what they do there to ensure children’s safety. Even in England ( I’ve traveled there so many times) and they don’t require traffic from the opposite direction to stop for school buses. And as far as I personally know, and observed from online forums, the USA is the only country reporting repeated injuries when it comes to school buses and motorists, and Canada is following closely.
In my posting about 3-weeks ago, post Number 75, our kids do not cross the road…
So what about kids that live on that side of the street?
In my city, adults and children are expected to walk to the corner and use the crosswalk.
If you live on a farm, the crossroads could be miles away, impractical to walk to a corner but we are not talking about farmland.
In the country it looks like they drop them off by the mail box for the property. Don’t know if they cross the road or not but since cars are stopped in both directions they could.
There are no homes on the main drag, the two lane divided road, goes down through middle of the subdivision. All homes are on the cul-de-sacs or side loops. There are no homes on the main road. Some of the roads are loops, but not many. Kids do not play ball on the main drag and the speed limit is 25-MPH and the Sherriff’s department does patrol it. It also makes thefts and burglaries difficult since there are few escape routes… Yes we do have kids that live on one side get off the bus and then cross over to go to a friend’s home rather than go home but there are not that many and not many non-residents use the main drag as a cut-through or shortcut.
