Re: TAN: Open letter on the end of an era (was Re: [TAN] Livejournal (was Re: Where is everyone?))

On 2 Dec 2003, Corey M Seward wrote:

> Jamie Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 28 Nov 2003, Corey M Seward wrote:
>
> >> I dunno, exactly, but I suspect it's the laws in place that say traffic
> >> (in both directions, even on a divided road), must stop and not pass a
> >> school bus with its red lights flashing.  Real annoying to get stuck
> >> behind one of them when you need to be somewhere in a hurry.
>
> > I don't know where you live, but around here, only the side of the divided
> > highway on the same side as the bus must stop.
>
> Since a couple of people have said basically the same thing, I did mean
> road and not highway when I said that.  Usually two lanes on either side,
> an 8"-curb island in the middle, and a max speed of between 30 and 40mph.
> I wouldn't expect buses to stop on most of the divided highways we have
> where I grew up, as there usually weren't too many people living alongside
> of them.  From your reactions, this isn't the case in parts of the States.
> Or am I describing the same type of road you mean?

Any devided road does not require the traffic opposite the stopped bus to
stop.  Speed has no bearing on this.

Jamie Bowden
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