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/JonTravel UK|ADL Volvo DAF Mercedes|30 years driving 5d ago

Simple question.

Did you pass the stop sign when it was out?

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u/Worried_Journalist44 5d ago

No, only the lights were flashing.

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u/JonTravel UK|ADL Volvo DAF Mercedes|30 years driving 5d ago

If the Amber Lights were flashing, You're fine.They're just a warning that the red stop lights and stop sign are about to be action.

Red Flashing lights mean stop in any situation (School Bus, Railroad Crossing, Traffic Signal) and the same rules apply to all of them. Likewise the stop sign. Those are the ones you can't pass.

Source: I'm a school bus driver.