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Stop for the school bus (venting) (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/goodoffmychest

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I need to get this off my chest. School bus came early, and I was not there to get my child as the bus is usually late. There were vehicles which stopped for the bus, which waited for under 1 minute, then just passed the school bus all one after the other while bus was flashing and stop sign was out.

When I got my child, the bus driver was smiling and didn't say a thing about vehicles passing it. I'm sure they are used to it.

Nothing can be done. I'm just venting. I found out because a witness told me, so I checked the camera to see what happened.

So annoyed people are so impatient that they can't stop for a school bus beyond 10 seconds.

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[–] Professorozone 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What was the exact situation? In Florida you do not have to stop, if you are traveling in the opposite direction and there is a median wider than 5 feet. Were these cars directly behind the bus and then went around it? If you are supposed to stop for the school bus and don't that's both unlawful and karmically uncool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Canada, and they have to stop. It's a residential area.

These cars were directly behind it and went around.

I've always heard people don't stop for school busses but thought it was rare.

[–] Professorozone 2 points 23 hours ago

I have to say, I've never seen it personally. I've seen people push the boundaries but not blatantly pass like that.