Stopped School Buses

From what I understood, you don't have to stop, assuming there is a big curb median in the way, if there is not, I think you do have to stop.

 

it's even more dangerous if kids hardly see the other side of the road.

 

Cometswin, what street was it and at what block?

You might be in the wrong if you stopped for nothing. I hope you read "the book."

This is correct. Buses will not stop to let kids off to go ACROSS the street when there is a median or there are FOUR lanes without a median (two each way).

 

I don't see the four lane designation in state law. So provided there isn't a median or other physical barrier, he would be required to stop.

 

I'm saying BUS DRIVERS WON'T let the kids off to go across. I didn't say there was a law.

There is a law that says that if there's a median you don't have to stop, like you said.

 

§ 545.066. PASSING A SCHOOL BUS; OFFENSE. (a) An
operator on a highway, when approaching from either direction a
school bus stopped on the highway to receive or discharge a student:
(1) shall stop before reaching the school bus when the
bus is operating a visual signal as required by Section 547.701;
and
(2) may not proceed until:
(A) the school bus resumes motion;
(B) the operator is signaled by the bus driver to
proceed; or
(C) the visual signal is no longer actuated.
(b) An operator on a highway having separate roadways is not
required to stop:
(1) for a school bus that is on a different roadway;
or
(2) if on a controlled-access highway, for a school
bus that is stopped:
(A) in a loading zone that is a part of or
adjacent to the highway; and
(B) where pedestrians are not permitted to cross
the roadway.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000,
except that the offense is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the person causes serious
bodily injury to another; or
(2) a state jail felony if the person has been
previously convicted under Subdivision (1).
(d) The court may order that the driver's license of a
person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this
section be suspended for not longer than six months beginning on the
date of conviction. In this subsection, "driver's license" has the
meaning assigned by Chapter 521.
(e) If a person does not pay the previously assessed fine or
costs on a conviction under this section, or is determined by the
court to have insufficient resources or income to pay a fine or
costs on a conviction under this section, the court may order the
person to perform community service. The court shall set the number
of hours of service under this subsection.
(f) For the purposes of this section:
(1) a highway is considered to have separate roadways
only if the highway has roadways separated by an intervening space
on which operation of vehicles is not permitted, a physical
barrier, or a clearly indicated dividing section constructed to
impede vehicular traffic; and
(2) a highway is not considered to have separate
roadways if the highway has roadways separated only by a left turn
lane.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1438, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, § 19.06(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

 

So you're one of those b****es that stop when there is a median?? if you don't know the rules of the road, you shouldn't be driving.

 

I will continue to honk, and you will like it. They'll be the little friendly, annoyed honks though, not the long "i'm going to murder you" honk.

 

WTF? OP never said there was median, he just said the other side of the road which can be interpreted as the opposite direction. If you don't know how to read you shouldn't be replying.

 

So much truth.

 

They are not called b****es, they are called women. Have some respect man

 

you just owned that b****ie ghost.

 

Understood. In return I'll set my select fire to 3 round bursts instead of full auto.

 

You sound like one of those types that stops for a stop sign as well.

 

I honk to make you feel insecure about your decision to stop. It worked.

 

I honk as a sign of approval for your correct decision to stop. Keep on truckin, breh!

 

Never realized the stop sign on the bus was for other drivers to stop. I thought it just meant the bus was stopping so be careful not to run into it. In my country, the school bus keeps moving while the children jump off.

 

Bus drivers can't always control kids.