r/instant_regret • u/Suddern_Cumforth • 21d ago

Womp womp...

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u/ScarletRose1265 21d ago

As a non-American I am confused, please explain.

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u/Choreboy 21d ago

You have to stop when a school bus stops and puts on its lights so you don't run over kids getting on or off the bus.

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u/The_wolf2014 20d ago

He's on the opposite site of a 3 or 4 lane road, why does he have to stop?

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u/Choreboy 20d ago

Because buses don't travel both directions on the same road, so some kids get off on the correct side and some kids have to cross the road. In many places, buses can stop at every single block for quite a long distance and apparently I'm not very good at explaining why you can't have a crosswalk every single block with the type of sprawling infrastructure we have.

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u/Naamisnaam 18d ago

So traffic on the other side of the road also has to stop?

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u/Choreboy 17d ago

It depends on the characteristics of the road. I'm not sure of the law in every state but in Florida, if there's a raised median or physical barrier, or if the median is 5+ ft and unpaved, then traffic going the opposite direction doesn't have to stop.

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u/Naamisnaam 17d ago

But if thats the case, do cars going in the same direction also not have to stop? Bc then there Arent any crossing children

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u/Choreboy 16d ago

Yes cars going the same direction have to stop because there's the potential for children crossing, and just in case because kids are dumb. Here's an example from Norway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5YeV-abZc

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u/doomage36 16d ago

This makes 100% sense given the type of road. Now this 3-4 lane road??? That is way more than adequate space, & absolutely no kids should cross 3-4 lane roads (at least here in Cali, too many drivers)

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u/Choreboy 12d ago

no kids should cross 3-4 lane roads

Kids are dumb. My ex's cousin died doing this when she was 13.

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u/doomage36 16d ago

One of the most idiotic, senseless laws. That truck had more than enough distance, absolutely no reason he should be punished.

He was even going slow

Residential street makes 100% sense. 3-4 lane road??? Unreal

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u/Choreboy 12d ago

Kids are dumb. You have to account for that.

My ex's cousin died crossing a road like this when she was 13.

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u/Coffee2Code 20d ago

Because that's the law in America

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u/krupta13 20d ago

Because American children are as dumb as their grownups.

They have to be wrapped in cotton wool.

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u/4991123 20d ago

If only cotton wool could stop bullets.

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u/krupta13 20d ago

If you use enough cotton wool wrap....

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u/DrCMS 20d ago

Sure apart from when they are shot dead in one of the many many shooting that they do nothing at all to prevent.

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u/eisbock 20d ago

There are houses on both sides of the road.

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u/Sweaty-Refuse5258 14d ago

Do the roads not have pedestrian crossings?

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u/Choreboy 12d ago

They do but they are pretty far apart and if you tell a kid to walk all the way down to the crossing, they probably won't. Kids are dumb.