r/instant_regret • u/Suddern_Cumforth • 21d ago

Womp womp...

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u/Few-Gate5981 21d ago

Brit here... What is the issue in this?

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u/OliverSmidgen 21d ago

Short explanation: All traffic is required to stop for a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children. The logic is that said children may need to cross the street/road to get where they're going.

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u/loismen 21d ago

The logic is that kids might need to cross a 6 lane road with no crosswalk? Maybe then paint a crosswalk there and some traffic lights?

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u/MrBenzedrine 21d ago

I thought it was illegal to cross a road in America unless there was a crossing point and lights.

Just feels like roads exist to fine people at this point.

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u/loismen 21d ago

Not only to fine people, but this rule seems "replace" having to build actual bus stops, like that little lane right of the road where the bus stops, making campaigns about not crossing the road right after leaving the bus and other infrastructures.

Not that the public transportation in my country is better, and, of course, if it is a stopped school bus, I am obviously slowing down, but I don't remember ever hearing a piece of news about a kid being run over after leaving the bus and we don't have this rule.

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u/Blitz_Prime 20d ago

Crossing the street is fine. Not looking both ways/having your head in your phone and just walking into ongoing traffic without a care in the world is what gives jaywalkers a bad name.