School bus driver at Wal-Mart

[Pagan]

just school for that specific thing in Canada, but there is a law that you can't pass any bus on the right (curb-side) when it's got it's turn signal on to move right, so that it can get to the stop and let people off. Probably something similar in the US.

Not really. If it's a city bus, you can pass on whatever side you feel like, at least in New Mexico. Other cities and states might have their own laws. School buses, if you're behind them and they stop, you have to stop, exactly for the reason of kids. Where it gets fun is if it's a road that has a median or not. If it doesn't have a median, you have to stop if you're going the opposite direction. If it does have a median, you don't have to stop if you're going in the opposite direction.

I just wish to hell people would realize you have to slow down to whatever the speed is in the school zone when the damn lights are flashing. Tailgating me when I'm in one is not going to make me go any faster numbnuts.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

just school for that specific thing in Canada, but there is a law that you can't pass any bus on the right (curb-side) when it's got it's turn signal on to move right, so that it can get to the stop and let people off. Probably something similar in the US.

That is the case in my city at least. The buses have signs on them stating that it is illegal to turn right in front of a bus in that manner.

[Geek King]

I just wish to hell people would realize you have to slow down to whatever the speed is in the school zone when the damn lights are flashing. Tailgating me when I'm in one is not going to make me go any faster numbnuts.

Oh yeah. And if your cops are like ours, they really watch those zones when they're in effect. Tickets flow like water, and for good reason, I think.

[Pagan]

Oh yeah. And if your cops are like ours, they really watch those zones when they're in effect. Tickets flow like water, and for good reason, I think.

Not only that, but we've also got a couple of white vans with radar guns and cameras mounted on it that they park at random school zones around the city. How people manage to get dinged by it, I don't know. They're not exactly subtle about parking them and you really can't miss the gun and camera!

[MadMike]

I think it's only passing school busses that's illegal here. If they catch you doing it, it's an automatic license suspension.

[IT Grunt]

Oh yeah. And if your cops are like ours, they really watch those zones when they're in effect. Tickets flow like water, and for good reason, I think.

There was one time I had a cop pull me over because I was doing the street speed limit (35) through a school zone (15)... ON SATURDAY. No lights flashing. (The school zone signs have large yellow lights that flash when the zone is in effect.) Not a kid in sight. Not a single school bus for miles around. I think the main reason was because I was a college kid and he wanted to flex his cop muscles. I can see his point, but to pull me over when I'm actually obeying the law, and the zone isn't in effect? Kinda ticked me off.

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

just school for that specific thing in Canada, but there is a law that you can't pass any bus on the right (curb-side) when it's got it's turn signal on to move right, so that it can get to the stop and let people off. Probably something similar in the US.

And passing on the right (in the US) when the bus is stopped, is a bad idea. I came within 30 seconds of getting run over about a year ago. My driver was steamed and I got an instant dose of adrenaline.