What I am reacting too is that Americans here seem to be upset about that I pointed out that the kid did not look at either directions before crossing the road. Because of "You are supposed to stop your car when the school buss is stationary and flashing with lights". 1) There are people who brake the rules 2) Where I live you do not have to stop your car, but slow down and be cautious. 3) It is good to teach your kid some form of self preservation.
We, the rest of the western world, do of course also have some rather strong opinions about the US at the moment with your Cheetos in command. Though that hurts the MAGA folks feelings and they then cry for mods to step in. So I rather not do that here at least!
We teach kids to look both ways when they cross the street too, I don't know why you think that's different here (ironic, given your comment of Americans being close-minded and not open to how things operate elsewhere). The added measure of school buses having deployable stop signs and crossing arms, plus the steepest penalties possible for passing a stopped school bus shows, if anything, we take this safety issue VERY seriously.
We enforce the things we are able to enforce. I'm not sure what you think anyone could have done differently in this video to make a 6 year old kid look both ways before crossing in front of the bus. Unless you wanted the bus driver to literally walk out there with him, I'm not sure how you could do that.
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u/finfisk2000 1d ago
We do exactly the same here in Sweden. Americans tends to not understand that things work differently elsewhere or think outside the box in general.