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***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Driver ()
Date: October 08, 2015 06:27PM

Today, I got a ticket cause the police officer said got me and "PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL BUS" The problem was that in was opposite side on Route 1. I thought you only have to stop if the school bus is on your side. Plus There was no LITTLE kids bus. or Special Ed bus it was (High Schoolers. I have been going this way since September 20th and always kept going when I was the find one in the line. Can I fight this at court or should I just paid it? How many points

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Ying Ko ()
Date: October 08, 2015 06:32PM

I think you have to stop if there isn't a meridian strip.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Aye? ()
Date: October 08, 2015 06:41PM

Some people call it a MEDIAN, but otherwise, the above post is accurate. Unless there is an actual median, not just yellow lines, you are wrong.

And the age of the kids doesn't matter, stupid...

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: TSA ()
Date: October 08, 2015 06:49PM

Aye? Wrote:
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> Some people call it a MEDIAN, but otherwise, the
> above post is accurate. Unless there is an actual
> median, not just yellow lines, you are wrong.
>
> And the age of the kids doesn't matter, stupid...


I agree with the above poster.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Ying Ko ()
Date: October 08, 2015 06:58PM

Aye? Wrote:
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> Some people call it a MEDIAN, but otherwise, the
> above post is accurate. Unless there is an actual
> median, not just yellow lines, you are wrong.
>
> And the age of the kids doesn't matter, stupid...


Er, oh yeah

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Pay Up Sucker ()
Date: October 08, 2015 07:00PM

Unless it is a divided highway you MUST stop. Yellow double lines do not make a divided highway. This violation has an attention getting fine attached to it.

You are fucked.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: You're Screwed ()
Date: October 08, 2015 07:30PM

Sure, feel free to mow down the high schoolers. Idiot. Some people should not be allowed to have a license. Keep in mind, folks, this nitwit has a 'right' to own guns. Of course, he's so stupid he'd probably shoot himself first.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: NippleChuck ()
Date: October 08, 2015 08:16PM

I've seen this a lot on Rt.1. Sometime so many drivers roll past the bus that there aren't enough cops to stop them all. The people even wait until the cruisers are all occupied then roll past. This happens on Rt.1 from old Mt. Vernon High to Highland Lane, nice neighborhood. The squad cars sit in Johnny Mac's parking lot and snag them as they drive by. Yo King and others are correct. No concrete median no stoppy get ticky.

Nip

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: causeican ()
Date: October 08, 2015 08:51PM

Ying Ko Wrote:
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> I think you have to stop if there isn't a meridian
> strip.


you think?

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: causeican ()
Date: October 08, 2015 08:56PM

You're Screwed Wrote:
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> Sure, feel free to mow down the high schoolers.
> Idiot. Some people should not be allowed to have a
> license. Keep in mind, folks, this nitwit has a
> 'right' to own guns. Of course, he's so stupid
> he'd probably shoot himself first.


WTF? You are screwed. Without and sense, you must get into a world of trouble out there.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Greybeard ()
Date: October 08, 2015 09:06PM

Aye? Wrote:
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> Some people call it a MEDIAN

You mean, English speakers? Indeed.

ObAnecdote: I saw a lady try to fight a ticket for this same offence when I was in court as a witness to an accident. Her reason for pleading not guilty: "I didn't see the school bus".

Surprise, judge was not impressed.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: G ()
Date: October 08, 2015 09:06PM

the title of this thread should be, "failing to pay attention in driver's ed"

6 points on your license for 11 years.
https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/drivers/#points_6.asp

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Rodger Road Test ()
Date: October 08, 2015 09:47PM

Driver's manual is free at a DMV. Unfortunately that ticket will be at least $250 dollars, more if you bore the judge with lame excuses. Drop by and pick up the book in case you missed anything else.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Lykd4 ()
Date: October 08, 2015 09:53PM

Driver Wrote:
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> Today, I got a ticket cause the police officer
> said got me and "PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL BUS" The
> problem was that in was opposite side on Route 1.
> I thought you only have to stop if the school bus
> is on your side. Plus There was no LITTLE kids
> bus. or Special Ed bus it was (High Schoolers. I
> have been going this way since September 20th and
> always kept going when I was the find one in the
> line. Can I fight this at court or should I just
> paid it? How many points

How do people this stupid get a permit? Are you from a foreign country?

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Driver Ed ()
Date: October 08, 2015 09:55PM

NippleChuck Wrote:
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> Yo King and others are correct. No
> concrete median no stoppy get ticky.
>
> Nip


Doesnt have to be concrete you moron. It can be a grass or even dirt meridian too.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: Fairfax Resident 2 ()
Date: October 08, 2015 10:07PM

http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-859/

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: my advice ()
Date: October 10, 2015 08:01PM

Show up to court. Dress nice. Be very remorseful. Apologize to the prosecutor and/or judge. Repeat that it will never happen again. None of this "they were big kids" crap.

Maybe, just maybe, you can get a charge reduction. Definitely don't "phone this one in". A good showing in court can help you a lot.

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Re: ***Failing to stop at school bus***
Posted by: C69T4 ()
Date: October 10, 2015 08:36PM

Two sets of double solid yellow may count as divided.

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