-
- Newbie
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:13 pm
School Bus Had Yellow Lights Flashing But Driver Waved For Me To Go Through
Maybe I'm just paranoid because I'm very careful around school buses (several schools are located close to my home), but I was surprised by this situation. A school bus was slowing down and I came to a stop because their yellow lights were flashing. (I was on the opposite side of the road from them). The driver made eye contact with me and waved me through and I passed by (I was on their left). They deployed the red stop sign when I was already past them. Can I still get in trouble for this? Again, I could be paranoid and I also didn't have my dashcam on me because it ran out of battery life.
Please let me know what I can expect from this. I apologize if I sound like a moron. Thank you!
Re: School Bus Had Yellow Lights Flashing But Driver Waved For Me To Go Through
It sounds like the driver was letting you through by withholding the stop sign. When you stopped, he waived you through rather than making you wait (maybe it's a busy drop off point.)
You don't have anything to worry about.
-
- Newbie
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:13 pm
Re: School Bus Had Yellow Lights Flashing But Driver Waved For Me To Go Through
Thank you so much!
-
- Newbie
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2019 11:11 pm
Re: School Bus Had Yellow Lights Flashing But Driver Waved For Me To Go Through
If you take a close look at the HTA, it is not only the side-mounted stop sign that requires you to stop for the school bus. You must stop when the overhead lights are flashing, regardless of the stop arm. This is under HTA 175 (11).
So technically it sounds like this 'wave through' scenario could have resulted in getting ticketed, regardless of the hand signal of the bus driver.
-
- Member
- Posts: 107
- Joined: Thu May 26, 2016 1:15 pm
Re: School Bus Had Yellow Lights Flashing But Driver Waved For Me To Go Through
Regardless, the OP indicated that the yellow (i.e. hazard) lights were the ones flashing.
-
- Similar Topics
-
-
New post Unintentionally passed school bus with lights flashing
Last post by aes Sun Mar 25, 2018 11:45 pm
-
-
-
New post School bus moving with flashing red lights - but not stopped
Last post by argyll Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:48 pm
-
-
-
New post Passed a school bus with flashing lights. I am physically ill from this
Last post by lissie Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:13 pm
-
-
-
New post speeding school zone lights flashing max speed 40 km/hr
by terdferguson in General TalkLast post by terdferguson Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:01 pm
-
-
-
New post Passed school bus that only had red lights flashing in opposing traffic lane.
Last post by Torontodriver16 Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:26 pm
-
-
-
New post Flashing lights on a private car
by lfr101 in General TalkLast post by CrownVic Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:44 pm
-
-
-
New post Turning right and yellow/red lights
by novembre in General TalkLast post by highwaystar Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:33 pm
-
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests