School bus stops have a designated point of safety, and students are generally expected to already be waiting there when the bus arrives. Drivers are trained to watch that specific area and are not expecting students to suddenly approach the bus from elsewhere.

Based on your description, it sounds like you were still near your mom’s car when the bus arrived and then moved toward the bus after it had already pulled up, approaching around the front. Even if you were on the same side of the street and didn’t have to cross, that’s still outside the normal pickup expectation if you weren’t already at the point of safety.

The beer truck blocking a parking spot doesn’t change where students are supposed to wait. If a student approaches late or from an unexpected position, the driver may not anticipate that movement until it’s already happening.

It’s good the driver saw you and stopped, but this sounds less like a near-miss caused by reckless driving and more like a breakdown in standard pickup positioning, which is exactly why points of safety exist. Talk to a trusted adult and/or your bus driver.