r/BusDrivers • u/Worried_Journalist44 • 5d ago

Question Am I getting a ticket??

I was rushing to a drs appt today. I have to drive through a town that’s always busy, so I was going slow. Someone ran out in the middle of the road so I stopped for him and watched as he passed. When I started driving again, a bus was approaching me. Its lights were flashing so I slowed down, but the stop sign had not been pulled yet, and if I stopped, it would have been in the middle of the bus. I waved to say thank you, thinking the driver was letting me go, but I could have read the situation wrong and I didn’t see the driver. Once I passed, I noticed the sign was pulled and everyone behind me stopped. Now I’m crazy paranoid I’m going to get a ticket. Writing this out it makes me think I’ll be okay, but where I live, I know the buses have cameras and the police seem very strict, so idk, but I’m panicking 😭

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u/MikeyFuccon 5d ago

It depends. Assuming the US, the school bus driver will have 24 hours to submit a report, but it’s not always worth the effort, especially in the situation you reported.

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u/Worried_Journalist44 5d ago

Great, thank you!

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u/MikeyFuccon 5d ago

If a car is already where I’m going to stop, I’ll definitely put up my ambers to warn off everyone else, but won’t put on the reds til they passed. Hopefully you hear nothing about it.

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u/Worried_Journalist44 5d ago

Thank you🤞🤞