Which side of the road should you park when waiting for the bus

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Anonymous wrote:You should be letting your kid walk to the bus stop.

Too far and preteen

It is a shame that you think those are good reasons to drive your kid to the bus stop.

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I’m not the OP, but my kid’s bus stop is 3 miles away, down a narrow curvy road with no sidewalk or even a shoulder, and the bus picks up while it’s still dark outside. “Kid should walk to the bus stop” is not a one size fits all response.

DP but does your kid go to private school? How is it possible for the school bus stop to be 3 miles away?

No it’s public. In our district students can choose to go to a different school than the one they are zoned for to attend specialty programs.

How far is the school? If I’m driving 3 miles to bus stop I would drive a little further to drop off at school instead.

Exactly. Or as another poster suggested, drop your kid off at the bus stop.

Coddling kids like this and refusing to allow then the slightest bit of independence is really harmful for them in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Ignore the people who have nothing better to do than complain how other people’s kids get to school.

One of my kids has a hub stop so many parents drive. Some stay until the bus arrives if conditions are terrible. I don’t think there is any way to control where people park. Just do your best to stay out of the way, even if that means parking further down the street.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You should be letting your kid walk to the bus stop.

Too far and preteen

It is a shame that you think those are good reasons to drive your kid to the bus stop.

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I’m not the OP, but my kid’s bus stop is 3 miles away, down a narrow curvy road with no sidewalk or even a shoulder, and the bus picks up while it’s still dark outside. “Kid should walk to the bus stop” is not a one size fits all response.

DP but does your kid go to private school? How is it possible for the school bus stop to be 3 miles away?

No it’s public. In our district students can choose to go to a different school than the one they are zoned for to attend specialty programs.

How far is the school? If I’m driving 3 miles to bus stop I would drive a little further to drop off at school instead.

Me too. But I also wouldn’t take kindly to OP trying to tell me where I can park my car while I wait for the bus.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the situation. Everyone should park in a legal way. Does the street permit parking on both sides of the street? If so, everyone on the right parks facing one way and everyone on the left parks facing one way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should be letting your kid walk to the bus stop.

Too far and preteen

It is a shame that you think those are good reasons to drive your kid to the bus stop.

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I’m not the OP, but my kid’s bus stop is 3 miles away, down a narrow curvy road with no sidewalk or even a shoulder, and the bus picks up while it’s still dark outside. “Kid should walk to the bus stop” is not a one size fits all response.

DP but does your kid go to private school? How is it possible for the school bus stop to be 3 miles away?

No it’s public. In our district students can choose to go to a different school than the one they are zoned for to attend specialty programs.

How far is the school? If I’m driving 3 miles to bus stop I would drive a little further to drop off at school instead.

pp you quoted here.
That's what I do in the morning. But for pickup, he rides the bus and I pick him up at the bus stop. There is a massive line and pick up, and the traffic directors (rightfully) give priority to the buses to exit the lot. So even though the distance to the school isn't that much further, picking him up at the bus stop takes about half the time.

It's insane and I don't love it. There is actually another "hub" bus stop that is only 1.5 miles from our house AND there are sidewalks/crosswalks the entire way--it would be a long-ish walk, but it would be a safe walk, and I would have him walk from that one. But we were not assigned that stop and I was told "absolutely not" when I called and asked if he could be assigned to that stop instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the situation. Everyone should park in a legal way. Does the street permit parking on both sides of the street? If so, everyone on the right parks facing one way and everyone on the left parks facing one way.

Op here. First response trying to address my question.

The ones on the right were parked one way and ones on left parked opposite way, basically the direction they would be driving in. Problem was no space for any other car that wants to go through. One car not involved could not go through since there was no gap in the road to swerve around parked cars and no one moved.

By logic I would have thought the cars in front of that car would move forward further down the road leaving a gap for that car to swerve around them to the left and go by but they didn't. If a car came behind me then I should have moved since I was blocking them. But car came in opposite direction. I didn't move either.

Bus came, driver was confused with was going on. That car was stuck in front of bus. Bus parked behind him and kids got off. Poor car guy was stuck behind the cars in front of him for 5 minutes. Courtesy would have been for cars on his side to move but they didn't.

Legally I am curious what are the laws regarding this, hence this post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the situation. Everyone should park in a legal way. Does the street permit parking on both sides of the street? If so, everyone on the right parks facing one way and everyone on the left parks facing one way.

This is my answer as well. If it’s legal to park facing a certain direction, then you are good to go.

[Anonymous]

Is this a DC metro area bus stop?

[Anonymous]

Is parking allowed on both sides of the street? If so it’s legal to park there.

If it’s such a narrow street that a car can’t get by I doubt parking on both sides is legal. Bottom line you park where it’s legal to park.

[Anonymous]

Op if you want to know what the law is you have to tell us where you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is parking allowed on both sides of the street? If so it’s legal to park there.

If it’s such a narrow street that a car can’t get by I doubt parking on both sides is legal. Bottom line you park where it’s legal to park.

Interesting. I didn't think street parking could be only on one side. I will Google and see what the laws are in my state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op if you want to know what the law is you have to tell us where you are.

Maryland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our bus stop is at a T-junction.

In the mornings, we all park before the split (bus comes in opposite direction and then makes a left).

In the evening past few times cars are parked on both sides and not allowing anyone to pass..

So now my question is which side should the cars waiting for the bus park? If cars are parked on both sides of the road facing opposite directions, in front of the stop, who should move when another car comes?

No one should be parked in front of a bus stop. But you aren’t going to be telling everyone else where to park. So your options seem to be let it go or call the police and ask them to come ticket. Surely you’re too old to need validation that you are right and everyone else is wrong. If you think you’re wrong then just don’t park that way anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op if you want to know what the law is you have to tell us where you are.

Maryland

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-21/subtitle-10/21-1003

[Anonymous]

You park in a way that does not obstruct the bus being able to make its turn, far enough back from the junction so that normal traffic at the intersection is not impacted - 3-5 car lengths.