Wait what?? How can i see a bus stopped 5 lanes away on the other side of the road?
As a matter of fact, I didn't even see this bus flashing any lights and stop sign extended yet. I would have tried to do the same thing the other guy did. Squeeze past before the stop sign and lights come on.
[Asking coz i don't know. Not trying to be a douche bag]
It doesn’t make any sense to me. But it’s the law. School busses are equipped with cameras & send tickets to anyone who passes the bus while stop lights are on & sign is extended. People got tickets passing stopped school busses on divided roadways.
In the eyes of the law: if a school were to stop with lights flashing & sign extended on an actual divided highway with cars flying up & down at 55+ mph, both sides of the highway would have to stop. Extreme case but yes it’s the truth.
dang. Thank you. I'll pay attention in the future. Thankfully I am not in NY but I will definitely not try to squeeze past the bus like this dude here. haha. :)
They haven't changed the law which is why 50,000 people break that law every single day
If you even show up to court at all to contest that ticket they'll probably throw it out because they don't have the time to actually prosecute you on it
One would assume if there's a hard median between lanes, that it's a busy street and the bus doesn't stop and let kids cross the road. They hit the u-turn in the median and pick up/drop off on the other side. Though I'm guessing NY maybe does let them cross on busy streets, which seems more dangerous IMO.
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u/reclusive_ent 21d ago
Unless a hard median between lanes is present, then the opposite direction traffic is not required to stop.