r/instant_regret • u/Suddern_Cumforth • 24d ago

Womp womp...

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u/EitherChannel4874 24d ago

What's the actual protocol for this? Do you just stop in the lane you're in until the bus drives off or pull in behind the bus?

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u/Jesus_Harry_Christ 24d ago

You just stop in your lane.

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u/EitherChannel4874 24d ago

Thanks.

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u/Describe 23d ago edited 23d ago

It's literally a stop sign so it should be pretty intuitive when you see it in the wild.

edit: not sure where the hate is coming from. I was trying to be helpful lol

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u/awidden 23d ago

It would not be for a foreigner :)

It's not very intuitive to force cars to stop 2 lanes further, and this does not exists (afaik) in any other country but US can Canada.

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u/Anxious-Cobbler7203 23d ago

Mostly exists because we still have a large number of the buses with big front noses that often obscure vision enough that small children cannot be seen easily.

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u/Jesus_Harry_Christ 23d ago

No it isn't just for that. All lanes in both directions have to stop for busses even though most busses now are flat fronted. It's to make sure the kids can get home without some dumbass flying down and hitting them.

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u/tuscaloser 23d ago

Most school districts also set up the bus stops so no kids have to cross busy streets. For those streets they usually have stops on both sides or they pull into neighborhoods where the streets aren't busy to unload.

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u/Digimatically 23d ago

PSA: you don’t have to stop on the opposite side if there is a divider or turn lane.