Got a $250 school bus ticket in MoCo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

Apartments = residential neighborhood

+1 says it all, really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The law obviously isn't new but I think they've gotten more of the cameras. We got one a couple years ago right as the bus was putting out its sign, but we paid it.

Every Montgomery County school bus has a camera now. Even the ones dropping off students at - GASP! - apartment buildings. My kid’s bus nabs one of you assholes almost weekly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

Apartments = residential neighborhood

+1 says it all, really.

A well deserved ticket, I say!

Tell us the street/cross street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got one too, I passed in the farthest lane as the bus put up its stop sign. Insane. I contested it and it was dismissed (via mail, didn't have to go to court or anything).

If only there were multiple flashing yellow lights indicating that the bus was about to put up its stop sign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there is no median you have to stop...

It sounds like OP was driving the same direction as the school bus which is even worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

No it is not new--if there's no median between you and the bus and the bus is loading/unloading, you STOP.
The only thing that's new is that there are cameras to catch you. Just pay attention to the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got one too, I passed in the farthest lane as the bus put up its stop sign. Insane. I contested it and it was dismissed (via mail, didn't have to go to court or anything).

If only there were multiple flashing yellow lights indicating that the bus was about to put up its stop sign.

Exactly, it's very hard to see these buses!

I have no sympathy for any of these idiots. Newsflash, kids do stupid and unexpected things getting off of school buses sometimes. The driver is driving, and can't prevent a kid from suddenly crossing the street. Please slow down and stop when you see a bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there is no median you have to stop...

It sounds like OP was driving the same direction as the school bus which is even worse.

I did not get that impression but if so, that's so much worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

Sounds like you saw it since you knw exactly where it was...

No, there was a picture. I don’t even remember seeing the bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

You didn't see a 40-foot long yellow bus with retroreflective tape on the back, a strobe light on top, flashing yellow and red lights, and a stop sign on an arm?

Please stop driving right now.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the incident was on River Road near Little Falls in Bethesda. There is an apartment house there and people feel that they don't need to stop even though River is not divided there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

You didn't see a 40-foot long yellow bus with retroreflective tape on the back, a strobe light on top, flashing yellow and red lights, and a stop sign on an arm?

Please stop driving right now.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I’ve lived here 25 years and this was the first time. I was on a 4 lane highway on the left most lane and the school bus was dropping off at some apartments on the right most lane. I didn’t even see it. It’s not like I was in some residential neighborhood.

You didn't see a 40-foot long yellow bus with retroreflective tape on the back, a strobe light on top, flashing yellow and red lights, and a stop sign on an arm?

Please stop driving right now.

+1 JFC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The road, not a highway didnt have an established median. You are required to stop.

School buses don't stop on highways around here. It probably had highway in the name like EW highway.

Not all local highways are built like interstate highways. Lee Highway west of Falls Church in VA is still a highway, and noticeably so the further west you go. You are correct though that the presence of a median is the determining factor.

[Anonymous]

No sympathy. It should be $1000.00. It needs to hurt. Just like it would hurt the kid you hit