Got a camera ticket for passing a school bus

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Originally Posted by North Beach Person

The upside is that none of you complaining scofflaws will have to worry about getting a ticket for passing a school bus illegally for the next couple weeks.

Again you are succince and straight to the heart of the matter , thank you.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by G1..

Again you are succince and straight to the heart of the matter , thank you.

And all I was trying to do was be a smartass.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by Cloudy Dayz

"Stop" means "stop", whether it's two lanes or 20 lanes. The amount of lanes isn't relevant. The only thing that matters, is whether there is a median separation or not, to determine if traffic in the opposite direction has to stop or not. After debating this for two years is the law really that hard for you to understand? If you can't understand what a stop sign with flashing red lights means, you really shouldn't be driving. Please just give up your driver's license, before you hurt or kill someone, and end up in prison. Thanks in advance.

We understand the rules just fine. I don't think the LOCATIONS of some stops are good. We don't disagree on the rules. Location, location, location. <--- that is what I think the problem with some stops is.

I did mention that the comparison you use is not a apples to apples one, but that doesn't matter so I'm not going to argue that point any further.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

And all I was trying to do was be a smartass.

LOL, as I said..........................

[Cloudy Dayz]

Originally Posted by dkf747

We understand the rules just fine. I don't think the LOCATIONS of some stops are good. We don't disagree on the rules. Location, location, location. <--- that is what I think the problem with some stops is.

I did mention that the comparison you use is not a apples to apples one, but that doesn't matter so I'm not going to argue that point any further.

So you understand the rules, you just don't care? What if I don't like the location of a traffic light? Can I just blow through red lights there, because I don't agree that there should be a traffic control light at that location?

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by Cloudy Dayz

So you understand the rules, you just don't care? What if I don't like the location of a traffic light? Can I just blow through red lights there, because I don't agree that there should be a traffic control light at that location?

I didn't say I don't casre, nor did I say that I don't follow the law. I used to drive a bus. I care. I just think that the locations of some stops can be better located than they are now.

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Originally Posted by kcmo

So I made an honest mistake. I passed a school bus with its stop sign out thinking it was legal to do so. (Montgomery County). I would personally never pass a school bus if I thought it was either unsafe or illegal to do.

I was always under the impression that you can continue driving if you are traveling opposite the bus on a street that was four lanes or wider. School districts will never allow kids cross a street like that and in most places I have lived, you don't have to stop on in this situation. Other cars on my side of the road continued driving too.

Normally, I would pay the ticket in a case like this and move on, but this ticket is for $250! That's quite a price to pay to learn a law. I think people should be ticketed when passing a school bus, but in this situation on a wide street, I think this is just another revenue generator.

I was just wondering if this is something that might be worth going to court over to get a lower fine. Is it even possible to get this reduced somehow?

"So I made an honest mistake. I passed a school bus with its stop sign out thinking it was legal to do so."
How did you manage to pass your driver's test?

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Honest mistakes are fine. That's why you got a ticket. A good remedy to the problem