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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got one in our neighborhood.  Video shows we were 1.5 parking spaces away when the stop sign came out (lined spaces on the side of the road).  At 25 MPH, that's 37 feet per second.  We were roughly 25 feet from the bus which means we would have had less than a second to stop.  I would have fought it if I had more time but they state that if you fight it (a $250 fine) and lose, it jumps up to $500.  That's crap.  The same bus runs the stop sign almost every day.

It's a lot BS.  [/quote]

Rubbish. If it's in your neighborhood, you know it's there and shouldn't have been surprised. The yellow lights go on first and the red lights don't start flashing until the driver actually opens the door. You gambled and lost, deal with it. I routinely have to wait for a particular bus because of the timing of my commute and I never try to get past it at the last second for precisely this reason. I know exactly where and when it stops and if I didn't want to get stuck waiting, I could have left a minute earlier.

Even if you don't know where the stop is, if you're in a residential area at certain hours of the day, it should not come as a shock to you if a school bus stops to pick up or drop off kids. You should be aware and watching for it. They are big and yellow and kind of hard to miss. [/quote]

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