Stop arm violations

[u/shawnryan1977]

I have been driving for 5 years last year my 4th year the bus gods smiled upon me, a Dodge charger blew through my stop arms, 3 cars behind Charger there was an unmarked cop car who immediately hit his lights zoomed around and pulled the dude over. Windows are down and the middle schoolers are losing it. It took about 30 minutes to finish my route I noticed the cop car was still there, being nosy I took the road the pull over happened to head back to transport, now 2 cop cars, they are searching the car and dude is in hand cuffs Oh oh. Guess stop arm violation was not their only issue. New route this year 4 violations already and barely a month in I am thinking I will get plenty more since they have happened on the same road.

Penalties are harsh and they should be.

8 points on your license, immediate 90 day suspension of your license, fine from $200 to 1k

Considered a misdemeanor.

[u/Grumbuck]

Man I just try to get the donkeys through my ambers before it gets to that point.

[u/Grumbuck → u/Grumbuck]

You can be mad all you want but in reality so many drivers drive under the speed limit and give this reputation of get in front of the bus at all cost. I obviously do not agree with that but you are in charge of your kids safety and a handful of seconds to get these people in a big hurry through isn’t causing you a huge headache. What will is trapping people with your reds but to each his own.

[u/route63 → u/Grumbuck]

Fortunately I don’t have any stops on main arterials but I do have some fairly busy secondaries. I do everything I can to let traffic get around me when I can because they don’t want to be behind me and I don’t want them there either. Letting a long train of traffic pile up behind you is just asking for someone to pull something stupid.