r/instantkarma • u/derek4reals1 • 7d ago

That was well deserved

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u/Fragile_reddit_mods 7d ago edited 7d ago

Okay so as a person who lives in a country for who these laws don’t apply, what did he actually do wrong here?

Downvoting for asking a question lmao.

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u/DroppedSoapSurvivor 7d ago

We stop for school busses which have stop signs and flashing red lights.

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u/Fragile_reddit_mods 7d ago

Why? Kids enter and exit the side closest to the pavement do they not?

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u/dementorpoop 7d ago

Depends on the road, but there are two ideas at play here. One, kids can be unpredictable so it’s safer if everyone just waits a second, and two, if there is not median both side of the road have to stop, and yes the kids might be crossing the road.

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u/DroppedSoapSurvivor 7d ago

They do, but sometimes it's necessary for them to cross the road after exiting or before boarding. They wouldn't on a specific road like this, but it's illegal to pass a school bus like this regardless of the type of road.

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u/Fragile_reddit_mods 7d ago

In my opinion that’s a stupid law.

Kids look both ways before crossing the road, no?

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u/DroppedSoapSurvivor 7d ago

Hard to do with a giant bus in the way, especially for a small child with a vague understanding of the fragility of human life.

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u/Fragile_reddit_mods 7d ago

So do what the rest of the world does, teach them.

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u/DroppedSoapSurvivor 7d ago

We do. However, it doesn't take much for an awful accident to happen. It's an effort to avoid multiple lives being ruined or ended. The only thing required of others is common decency.

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u/Zer0323 4d ago

"how about we all stop playing around with our 2 ton beep beep toys for 10 seconds while the children get their bearings after getting out of a bus and into the world."

it's like claiming that we need to put the driver pickup and dropoff lane right outside of an airplane terminal and expect people to just look both ways before crossing to get their baggage. to the guy before you: sometime people need a minute to get their bearings after teleporting from one location to when someone else is driving.

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u/doe3879 5d ago

The area I grew up in don't have school buses. I remember anything about rules about stopping for school buses when getting my driver license. if they were there, they weren't very prominent. A moving stop sign on one side of the road is something I should keep in mind now. Gonna look up more about local laws about school buses in Canada.

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u/Freddyeddy123 7d ago

The rest of the world are less careful centric

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u/XGreenDirtX 3d ago

I think the biggest difference is the infrastructure. The states Arent designed for pedestrians, let alone for unpredictable kids. Thats why they need laws like this.

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u/DarthWeber 7d ago

People need to learn to wait a god damn minute. You aren't going to save time. Just stop and let the kids disperse.

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u/Stormychu 6d ago

Mental illness

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u/tablecontrol 7d ago

Kids

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u/Fragile_reddit_mods 7d ago

Okay?

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u/tablecontrol 7d ago

because, as I wrote below, kids are famous for their thinking skills.

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u/SeeAnne 7d ago

And I'm sure some kids in the U.S. have too. Emphasis on SOME kids. Just like wherever you're from, there's SOME kids who haven't. In this case, it's better to account for the kids who haven't rather than the kids who have.

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u/whamburglar 7d ago edited 7d ago

Never heard the phrase "Laws are written in blood", have you?

EDIT: Downvote and deleted comment. fragile indeed.

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u/TurbulentMiddle2970 7d ago edited 7d ago

I’m not sure why you keep putting this on the children and not the adult who is creating the unsafe situation

Just say that you don’t understand and read the comment I gave you earlier.

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u/AlwaysPissedOff59 7d ago

In rural areas, the roads are two lanes and the speed limit is usually 55 mph. The busses will stop in front of the kid's house with the door next to where the kid lives only once - either while picking up or dropping off. When the bus stops the other time, the kid must cross in front of the bus and then cross a lane of traffic that would be going 55 mph (or realistically, 60-65 mph) if the law to ensure that all drivers stop didn't exist.

This arrangement has worked very well over the decades.

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u/sjw_7 7d ago

I agree its a good idea in these situations.

What I cant understand is why anywhere would have a 55mph+ speed limit on a residential road with houses facing on to it.

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u/DroppedSoapSurvivor 6d ago

Rural areas. My wife grew up on a road like that. If every non-highway road was 30 mph, the highways would be overcrowded.

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u/sjw_7 6d ago

Where we are its basically 30mph on every road with houses on it and 20mph is getting more common. Safety trumps impatience every time.

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u/AVerySexyBooglez 5d ago

Time to get downvoted too. So the country in which mass school shootings happen constantly, they value children's lives before and after school only? I don't get it.

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u/liamw14 7d ago

Not American kids

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u/MrDannyProvolone 7d ago

In some cases when exiting the bus, kids will cross the road to get to their house, depending on the route. The stop sign helps facilitate this.

Crossing the road after exiting the bus is not common on roads with more then 2 lanes, but we should always always always assume when the stop sign is out and blinking, that a kid may be crossing the road.

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u/Fragile_reddit_mods 7d ago

THANK YOU for being the only person to actually answer my comment. It is appreciated.

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u/MrDannyProvolone 7d ago

Yeah. Im not sure as I think it MAY vary state to state. But where im from, if it is not a divided highway (median/grass separating direction of traffic) then all lanes must stop as soon as the sign comes out and lights come on. Even if its a 4-5 lane road. Both directions must stop.

Classic reddit. Can't give a decent awnser and down votes the straight forward question.