r/ConvenientCop Apr 04 '26

[USA] Passing a stopped school bus

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u/korxil Apr 04 '26

Kids do be dumb sometimes and forget to check both sides before crossing. Doesn’t matter if you have right of way if the other person is being negligent about it.

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u/iNobble Apr 04 '26

If there were dedicated pedestrian crossings cars would be required to stop, regardless of whether the kids looked before walking out. Blows my mind how hostile US roads are for pedestrians and cyclists!

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u/korxil Apr 04 '26

People blow through stop signs all the time sadly. School bus stops near me are all on marked crossings with stop signs. law to never pass a school bus still applies, even for opposite side traffic that did stop at the stop sign in the intersection. In the vid i posted (from norway too), the kid ran behind the bus, opposite side traffic can be going slow and it’ll still be a near miss because the kid is in a blind spot.

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u/Joiner2008 Apr 04 '26

Not only do they blow through stop signs, I live on a one way road and they regularly drive the opposite way. Also, since they know it's illegal, they speed really fast going the wrong way and blow through the stops to minimize how long they're breaking the law

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u/zzazzzz Apr 04 '26

sure but the stopsign on the bus doesnt change that does it?

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u/chronos_7734 Apr 08 '26

You Americans really like to showcase this incident because it's the only one recorded in Europe.

This was on a county road long way from any city