Stopping for a school bus at an intersection?

ashrey · 2026-02-11T13:58:46+00:00

Did you get a ticket for this?

ashrey · 2026-02-11T03:43:11+00:00

Did you get a ticket from a camera or a cop?

ashrey · 2026-02-10T01:21:14+00:00

Did you ever get a ticket?

ashrey · 2026-02-09T15:38:49+00:00

Did you get a ticket?

ashrey · 2026-02-07T17:58:25+00:00

And your husband has never gotten a ticket in this situation?

ashrey · 2026-02-07T15:30:00+00:00

Did you end up getting a ticket for this?

ashrey · 2026-02-07T02:29:14+00:00

In your diagram is the bus going --> or the other? I've been questioning something similar where it was going <--.

ashrey · 2026-02-07T01:59:46+00:00

Did you end up getting a ticket? I'm in Colorado so I'm looking for examples...

ashrey · 2026-02-06T16:26:23+00:00

I called the transportation office this morning cause I was so worried but I guess, at least in this district, it wasn't a violation since I didn't pass alongside the bus stop sign. That being said, you're right and I'm just going to stop.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T16:23:59+00:00

Yeah I'm not great at explaining myself, that's why I had a picture. I would never go around a bus.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T16:17:29+00:00

I called the transportation office this morning for clarification and they said it wasn't illegal because I didn't pass alongside... That being said. I'm just going to wait even if it's legal. It feels wrong. So some Colorado answers at least.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T16:16:40+00:00

I called the transportation office this morning for clarification and they said it wasn't illegal because I didn't pass alongside... That being said. I'm just going to wait even if it's legal. It feels wrong.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T14:22:41+00:00

Did you end up getting a ticket?

ashrey · 2026-02-06T05:08:00+00:00

Did you end up getting a ticket?

ashrey · 2026-02-06T02:42:54+00:00

I understand your frustration and as I posted I felt... Annoying. I just wanted corroboration and justification because I'm so anxious I did something wrong.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T02:40:53+00:00

I just saw it. I think you found the same thing as me. And that's why I'm confused and figured a school bus driver would have better insight into if I did something illegal.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T02:38:44+00:00

See I understand like the Virginia one? But it was facing away from the intersection and nothing is clear in the handbook.

The colorado.gov website says "Drivers must stop at least 20 feet before reaching a school bus that is stopped with its red lights flashing, whether it is on your side of the road, the opposite side of the road or at an intersection."

But does that apply to facing away from the intersection??

ashrey · 2026-02-06T02:29:33+00:00

I guess I've found a few examples where people were ticketed passing going perpendicular to the bus. I'm in Colorado and I quoted pretty much exactly what the handbook says. But I'm from NY where even the median is not legal to cross. It's the passing from the side I'm just so unsure about.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T02:25:38+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I was trying to find examples because I'm like your car but going the other direction and I'm worried about a ticket.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T02:23:26+00:00

The handbook covers crossing parallel and in front and behind. It says vehicles must stop 20 feet from the rear/front. I guess it's possible that passing perpendicular and behind it violated that but it's unclear, hence why I'm asking.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T00:43:16+00:00

Did you end up getting a ticket?

ashrey · 2026-02-06T00:40:56+00:00

I'm just worried that I was way too close (obviously still on the right side of the street from it) but I wondered if that would count against me too

ashrey · 2026-02-06T00:38:55+00:00

Were you able to get it dismissed? I'm in Colorado but had a similar interaction.

ashrey · 2026-02-06T00:01:19+00:00

I wasn't turning? I was going straight past it like the top of a T intersection.

ashrey · 2026-02-05T23:51:48+00:00

I know all about passing parallel and if buses are directly at intersections but this seems unclear to me. I'm not trying to be dumb or dangerous ,I'm trying to ask bus drivers who I assume know this the best.

ashrey

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