Our school buses have stop signs with flashing lights attached that deploy when the driver stops and opens the door. So, yes, someone could just try to go around but it’s illegal and most people don’t because they know a kid is about to get out.
As a non American this is such a bizarre way of doing it.
Here in Australia the bus driver would actively stop kids from crossing in front of the bus cos they can't see what's coming.
But US kids just get to run blindly out onto the road and hope people stop??
Genuine question, how and when are the kids supposed to cross the street in this case, then?
As a kid, my bus driver got upset with me one time for crossing behind the bus, because she said that she couldn't see me and couldn't know if it was okay to put the flashing stop sign down or not.
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u/finfisk2000 2d ago edited 1d ago
The kid never looked for traffic on either side and just ran infront of the buss. A passing car would never had any chance to react.
Edit: In my profession I do risk assesments and investigate accidents.