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What is wrong with the motorists ? I don’t have time to wait for the bus to unload the students so I have to hurry because I am late for work! or is that you are just distracted by too focused on the cellphone while driving where it should not be ?

Stopped school buses and children crossing the street. Some school buses flash yellow lights when preparing to stop and let children off the bus. The yellow flashing lights warn you to slow down and prepare to stop. When the bus flashes red lights (located at the top front and back of the bus), you must stop from either direction until the children are safely across the street and the lights stop flashing. The law requires you to remain stopped as long as the red lights are flashing (VC §22454). If you fail to stop, you may be fined up to $1000 and your driving privilege could be suspended for one year. If the school bus is on the other side of a divided or multilane (two or more lanes in each direction) highway, you do not need to stop.

Taken from California’s Drivers Handbook 2006

Now I have noticed the school bus is becomre less safe because of the increased traffic, increased road hazards, and most importantly that is the main reason of the cause is the reckless driving by the reckless drivers or distracted drivers, I say this because, I have been riding on the school bus for most of my school years from kindergarden to 9th grade, so yes it was the safest mode of transportion for going to school and coming home from school. Unfortunately I have been hearing alot more of news that the school buses that have been involved in the accidents or the pupil that got struck when the driver did not want to stop when the bus red lights were flashing which is kinda similar to the sitution I had few weeks ago when I was driving back home from my mother’s house, there are two dedicated right turn lanes on the main road, I went on the first lane (left lane) to turn right while the green right arrow is lit so the traffic that was on the right turn lanes are flowing as I turn the right aiming for the center, but I had swerve to far left lane because the car that was on the right lane was going for the center lane too! I honked my horn and held it for 5 to 10 seconds as she swerved back to the right lane so I got became pissed then pulled over to make an eye contact which she refused because she was talking on the damn cell phone! But it is NO ABSOLUTELY EXCUSE because she could have noticed me pulling up on the left right turn lane but she didn’t just because she was too focused on her cellphone! So I can relate to that can happen to the accident to the school buses loading/unloading.

STOP TALKING ON THE CELLPHONES IF YOU ARE DRIVING! Yes, it is bolded because from the article I was reading…

In one day, we saw the officer write tickets citing three people who failed to stop for the school bus when the stop arm was out and the lights were flashing. Two of the motorists said they did not see the stopped school bus when they drove by.

Taken from http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/12/hunter.schoolbus/index.html

School bus is not hard to notice since its (coughs) YELLOW! and the flashing lights is not too small to notice ? So you cellphone loving drivers do not have any excuses!

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/12/hunter.schoolbus/index.html