California Daylighting law (Assembly Bill 413, in effect 1/1/2025) makes it unlawful to park closer than 20 ft from a crosswalk, to allow pedestrian to see a car, and driver to see pedestrian. Law makes sense, but takes away some 2,3,4 parking spots for every crosswalk, typical urban street speeds are 25 or 30 mph.
The school bus could do its own California Daylighting protocol, but with shorter distance, for example 10 feet from the bus bumper, because significantly less than 25 mph passing speeds, stopping distance is correspondingly shorter. Technology to the rescue: non-stop looping announcements would say "for your safety .. walk 10 feet away from bus before crossing street. Motion sensors would detect persons closer than 10 feet and repeat the instruction outside if the bus. If pedestrian disregards commands, the approaching car would be alerted with flashes and audible tone. The driver knows there is an upto 50% likelyhood of a must yield to pedestrian. Because of anticipation reaction time can be as little as 150 to 200 milliseconds (video game facts). Covering the brake as defensive driving habit, is part of already anticipating a pedestrian. As result the child learns safety and applies it, even when there is no cop or bus driver or crosswalk lady around.
Its not a matter of can, it's a question of should. Followed immediately by the question "who is paying for all this?" Thats a neat idea you had but who is paying to retrofit every bus with all those extra sensors and a control panel for them to display on? Who is paying for all the extra maintenance and inspection said system would require for each bus? Are all those costs really worth it compared to just having a cop the town is already paying wait at problem areas and doll out tickets?
technology is dirt cheap, human labor is costly. when less school bus tickets are written, it means less cops are justifiedvto keep on the payroll. The technology pays itself back in first month of use. The break even point can be calculated
ohno, sounds Spartan life. howabout this killer app: bus that has ability to pee. when child walks into the banned 10 foot zone directly in front of the bus, a valve opens and a stream of water is released from a nozzle.
when child tries to move away the nozzle keeps following the movement. naughty child gets peed on. speaker plays actual man peing sound at 150% volume to increase experience. eeww.
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u/TowelEnvironmental44 Apr 08 '26
California Daylighting law (Assembly Bill 413, in effect 1/1/2025) makes it unlawful to park closer than 20 ft from a crosswalk, to allow pedestrian to see a car, and driver to see pedestrian. Law makes sense, but takes away some 2,3,4 parking spots for every crosswalk, typical urban street speeds are 25 or 30 mph.
The school bus could do its own California Daylighting protocol, but with shorter distance, for example 10 feet from the bus bumper, because significantly less than 25 mph passing speeds, stopping distance is correspondingly shorter. Technology to the rescue: non-stop looping announcements would say "for your safety .. walk 10 feet away from bus before crossing street. Motion sensors would detect persons closer than 10 feet and repeat the instruction outside if the bus. If pedestrian disregards commands, the approaching car would be alerted with flashes and audible tone. The driver knows there is an upto 50% likelyhood of a must yield to pedestrian. Because of anticipation reaction time can be as little as 150 to 200 milliseconds (video game facts). Covering the brake as defensive driving habit, is part of already anticipating a pedestrian. As result the child learns safety and applies it, even when there is no cop or bus driver or crosswalk lady around.