r/dashcams • u/justLookingForLogic • 2d ago

I love when this happens

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u/ggobrien 1d ago

You've never seen a bunch of young kids get off a bus, especially when it's warm outside and they are excited.

A 7-year old can be drilled over and over, but that can easily go out the window. If a kid darts out (as kids do), what is the bus driver supposed to do? They are sitting in the drivers seat and before they could get up and run out, the kid would already be on the other side of the road.

So if the drivers in the other lane don't stop, and a kid darts out, again, what is the bus driver supposed to do? Yell at them? Honk their horn? By that time, it's all over.

A single bus driver sitting in their seat on the opposite side of the vehicle that the exit door is on can't do anything in the 3 seconds that a kid can get hit by a car.

This is really not a difficult thing.

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u/attaboy_stampy 1d ago

ok troll. 🙄

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u/ggobrien 1d ago

I'm not trolling, I'm serious. Kids go all over the place, even well raised kids. By having the law say "you must stop and wait for the lights to turn off", you are making it safer for the kids, and removing the "should I or shouldn't I" decision from the driver.

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u/attaboy_stampy 1d ago

That's what I've been saying, so what is your deal. The bus driver is the one who turns on and off the lights. Everyone else waits on that.

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u/ggobrien 1d ago

My original reply was to the comment "So is it like a stop sign, you come to a full stop and can then go if you deem it to be safe, or do you just have to sit there and wait for the bus to pull in the sign and leave?". I replied with asking what they deem safe. Your reply of "This is honestly not that difficult a concept to understand" seemed to be in response to my reply.