Turn right in front of a school bus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia's law says "in all direction." At the intersection, kids get off the bus and cross the street, so even if you make a right turn away from the bus, you still endanger street crossing students.

Don't do it. If a cop catches you or you're captured on camera (cell phone), you'll get a ticket.

All Arlington buses have cameras on the side to catch and fine ALL cars that break the law. Where I live, in Moco, all buses have cameras on them. I don't know where OP is.

[Anonymous]

What if the bus is on the other side of the intersection, say 100 feet or so past the stop sign, and you make a right turn at the intersection?

You haven’t passed the bus. You’re 100 feet behind it. You’re turning 90-degrees away from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. If you are at an intersection with a 4 way stop, and a school bus is AT the intersection (not back a distance) with it's stop sign extended, it's a a halt on all traffic through the intersection.

I had one that stopped by my house at a 4 way stop, so I looked this up awhile ago. The stop is not just about where the kids are getting off, it's all directions.

What about if there is no stop sign??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there is a median in the road where the bus stops, the answer is you can turn in any direction. The law bizarrely does not apply to roads with medians, EVEN WHERE THERE IS A BREAK IN THE MEDIAN AT AN INTERSECTION. I specifically called the police and asked them this because I used to live one block down from an intersection where people constantly turned right in front of the bus and would beep at me to turn in front of it. The police told me it is in fact legal and there is nothing they can or would do to prevent it

WRONG!

I got a ticket in Montgomery county last spring for “passing” a school bus, going the opposite direction, on the other side of a unbroken median/non-intersection, with a CREEK running down the middle of it! I was literally on the other side of a body of water, and I still got a ticket.

What a bunch of bullsh!t.

[Anonymous]

No. Everyone stops until the flashing sign retracts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there is a median in the road where the bus stops, the answer is you can turn in any direction. The law bizarrely does not apply to roads with medians, EVEN WHERE THERE IS A BREAK IN THE MEDIAN AT AN INTERSECTION. I specifically called the police and asked them this because I used to live one block down from an intersection where people constantly turned right in front of the bus and would beep at me to turn in front of it. The police told me it is in fact legal and there is nothing they can or would do to prevent it

WRONG!

I got a ticket in Montgomery county last spring for “passing” a school bus, going the opposite direction, on the other side of a unbroken median/non-intersection, with a CREEK running down the middle of it! I was literally on the other side of a body of water, and I still got a ticket.

What a bunch of bullsh!t.

That does seem odd. I know in VA you can pass a bus going in the opposite direction on a divided highway/roadway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At a four way intersection, a school stops with extended stop sign and flashing lights. I am on an intersecting street, to the right of the bus driver. If I make a right turn, I’ll be driving in the same direction as the school bus, in front of the bus. My question is, in VA, is that allowed?

No. Children could be crossing the street. You need to have a little patience and wait. Geez!