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Literally its the law for them to turn hazards on at 150-300 ft, which they didnt. That van pm slammed on their breaks

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Like most said you may be able to get points reduced...but that fine is going to stick. You would have to have dashboard video proof that the bus driver failed to adhere to the law.

It's not a bad coat of arms, but coats of arms in general shouldn't be on flags.

But wheat is what they make wheaties from, which is the breakfast of champions, and champions are bad ass, right?

Slower than i was going from the obscures view behind the van, and my brake lights are on till I eventually passed the bus. I sure didnt slam on the breaks within the 1-2 meters from the front of the van as I couldnt even see what the van was stopping for. As posted below, I was a block away and saw the bus (should add the area before goes downhill slightly, and can see further ahead then when the road flattens out towars where the video takes place.)

It is hard to believe any justification based on the bus driver’s actions because he provided enough warning for another car, which was a head of you and closer to the bus, to stop before the stop sign was even out. Honestly you definitely deserve this ticket

Cool didnt know a judge was on reddit

Shit I'm throwing my fake cousin Julio who was visiting from Bangladesh under the bus.

I saw the bus going up the road about a block away, they didnt have hazards/stop sign on at the time. Whats not shown on video is how long the hazards have been on, which from my experience seeing the bus a block away with no lights before approaching closer to the stop means they only had their hazards on for potentially any of that time and distance. From the distance they may have traveled, it was under 150ft undoubtedly.

Nah, you should’ve had more situational awareness

Well if you couldn’t see the bus then why did you say the bus hazards weren’t on?

Also, you did not slow down. That is quite obvious in the video

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My brake lights were on, I was braking. I started slowing as the result of the van before seeing the bus behind them. For all I know they couldve been turning without a turn signal before the bus was there

Saying 'just take the ticket' is a bozo move tbh. At least contribute something worthwhile instead of repeating what other individuals effortless posts contain

If the van blocked his view of the bus then how did he see that the hazard lights were not on?

Guess that bus driver should have indicated he was picking up kids with speeding cars going towards them. Imagine if I was behind the van, wouldve hit them instead because someone didnt do their job lol

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Also govt should not tell private companies what to do (unless they are woke in which case laws shall be passed regulating private business decisions) cause capital is God.

Im in Delco too.

If it's certainly just the $300, then awesome. Thats like just a day or 2 of work, vs 2 months of no work via suspension lol.

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My sister in law did. Was just the fine. Penndot has not record of it. So insurance never when up either. I’d just pay it and move on. But would post over in r/legaladvice for peace of mind.

I would plea not guilty and say obstruction of view based on the van blocking the bus, and then say that breaking abruptly would have caused a more dangerous problem. See how it goes

Also showing up and just say you are sorry for passing at the time of the bus stop sign.