Bus Stop Arm Violations Essay

Bus Stop arm violations are a very serious and very much enforced law in the United States due to the potential of the kid getting hit by a car. Due to this danger it is a misdemeanor and because of this it will stay on your record permanently. If you are a motorist and you are on a road with two lanes of traffic going in the opposite direction you must stop when a bus is flashing its red lights and extends its stop arm out on its left side. This also applies when the road has a turn lane in between those two lanes but not on a highway when there are four or more lanes. The cars that are traveling in the same direction as the bus but the cars that are traveling in the opposite direction are not required to stop in Idaho but this can vary in other states. If a driver is unsure about what to do, the best thing to do would be to stop until the bus was ready to proceed. Someone most likely will not be fined if you stop for a school bus but your are certainly going to be fined if you pass a bus when you are supposed to not move. If I was a cop unless you would be putting someone in danger by stopping then I would not …show more content…
I thought a person could keep going but when I was presented the facts I was told that I had to stop. I would be the kind of person that would want to keep going and think that it would be legal. Well now I know and have become a smarter man because of this. To me this law is not stressed enough in the driver's education. It focuses more on the violations of speeding and the operations of the vehicle whereas this crime is a misdemeanor and cannot go away and because of how us kids are young, it is very harsh blow on our records this early in the driving world whereas speeding will go away if you learn from your