Saw a situation today that made me think.... wanted to see what ya'll think. Here is the situation I witnessed.
A school bus is stopped on a 2 lane road with its stop sign out dropping off kids from school. An ambulance with its siren and lights on comes up behind the school bus, goes into the left lane and passes the stopped school bus and continues on.
I thought it was an interesting situation... kind of immovable object meets unstoppable force.... My thoughts were if an ambulance responding to an emergency can run stop lights/stop signs, then I would think a school bus stop sign is no different legally.... however I see the potential danger if a young child needs to cross the road, they (including the bus driver) may not look to their left thinking a vehicle would pass the bus on the left, and would step out in front of the ambulance.
My butt was puckered when I saw what was unfolding, glad the kid did NOT need to cross the road and wasn't struck by the ambulance. Any LEO or EMT's know the law on that.... if there is one??
A school bus is stopped on a 2 lane road with its stop sign out dropping off kids from school. An ambulance with its siren and lights on comes up behind the school bus, goes into the left lane and passes the stopped school bus and continues on.
I thought it was an interesting situation... kind of immovable object meets unstoppable force.... My thoughts were if an ambulance responding to an emergency can run stop lights/stop signs, then I would think a school bus stop sign is no different legally.... however I see the potential danger if a young child needs to cross the road, they (including the bus driver) may not look to their left thinking a vehicle would pass the bus on the left, and would step out in front of the ambulance.
My butt was puckered when I saw what was unfolding, glad the kid did NOT need to cross the road and wasn't struck by the ambulance. Any LEO or EMT's know the law on that.... if there is one??