I was stopped at a light in the Left Turn Only lane. The guy in front of me, who was driving a brand new Maxima, was ahead of the line where you’re supposed to stop. A school bus made the right and almost hit him, so he started swearing up and down. The bus driver stopped his bus, slid down his window, and calmly told him that that’s what the white line was for. IMMD
Submitted by: Torti Mama
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Reading this made my day! Sadly, alot of people ignore the white line.
As a bus driver myself, i’m impressed that he Didn’t hit the guy; those turns are crazy hard to make sometimes even Without some asshat taking some of your rightofway.
Now that I have been riding the bus for 11 years, I must say I have seen my share of smart ass bus drivers. I understand the whole thing abou stopping behind the white line, but they don’t have to stop and make a scene about it, that is a dick move.
No, it’s a dick move to suck balls at driving and still continue to think you’re better than everyone else and that everyone else on the road is wrong.
Maybe if you actually drove yourself (not downplaying public transportation at all—I support that), it’d be easier to understand.
amen!
No, the dick move is stopping too far into the intersection, getting in the way of traffic, then swearing loudly and making a scene when a large vehicle has trouble getting around you.
I <3 that bus driver.
I do too. I don’t drive, so I walk a lot, and hate having to walk back behind a car because they’re blocking the crosswalk. Normally, that means they’re like 10 feet ahead of the stop line.
Always so tempting to just walk right *over* the car… hmm…
I keep wanting to jump up on a car hood and walk right across
The one making a scene is the one screeching and whining and swearing when he’s clearly the one in the wrong, frothing himself into a aneurism inducing road rage over almost facing repercussions for his own asshattery.
The dick move is driving dangerously and refusing to man up (or woman up, had it been a female throwing the tantrum in the middle of the intersection) when one makes mistakes. If there’s no room to back up to the legal and safe stopping point – out of the intersection, behind the white line – an apologetic wave would be more appropriate than screaming and swearing at the bright yellow school bus full of children your poor driving put at risk.
Ten bucks says the douchenozzle didn’t have his turn signal on; that’s how you tell the criminally stupid ones.
I’ve been honked at for stopping at the white line. But I stop there anyway.
You’ve actually been honked at??? Wow… double douchebaggery on their part, getting mad at the people following the rules…
Myself, if I’m behind someone that went way too far over the white line I actually stay back in case they realize they’re being a douche and want to back up some, or also just cause if they’re hit I don’t want them slamming back into ME. But ONE time, someone who didn’t get into the turn lane when they needed to, was also a douche and turned their nose into the gap I left – blocking BOTH lanes…..
Ain’t humans great?
That rules!!!
How hard are stops? Pull up TO the line, come to a complete stop. Then it’s like the line at the barber shop (something else people can’t f–king figure out for some reason), if someone is there that got there before you, it’s not your turn.
I go through a stop every day where people consistently pull a full car length past the line. It drives me nuts. There are other people on the road, that’s what the rules are for. Not to f–k with your day, but because there’s other people you share the road with. UGH.
Driving is like coloring: stay within the lines.
Many bad drivers clearly haven’t progressed past the age of six. Why do they keep insisting that they deserve to be on the road? Makes me lawl with frustration.
What’s worse is the ones that originally stop at the lines, then slowly creep up past the line the entire time they’re suppose to be at a full stop. Like being in the middle of the crosswalk or something will get them where they need to be faster.
Yeah, dude, that’s why you and I always end up stopped at the exact same red lights! I stay in the lines, don’t speed, and don’t act like I own the road and get to where I need to be in the same amount of time!
I creep up like that all the time, but usually because the people coming up behind me are going so fast I’m afraid I’m going to get hit. I start creeping up because I’m flashing my break lights to ensure they’ve noticed.
Not to say that I’ve never been hit this way. There’s a reason I do this, and the jerk ran the red light and drove off without exchanging insurance info.
Next time note down the tape.
My old school bus driver would have hit him, backed up the bus, pulled him out of his car and run over him again… but then she drank a lot. It’s nice to know some school bus drivers are actually calm thoughtful people. That MMD!
I agree that it’s funny because jerks who go over the white line sucks, but your mention of his car being brand new and the model and all only goes to show that you’re not happy because of the line thing itself (innocent and funny reason to be amused), but because you’re envious of the guy’s money and implied social status. And for that, OP, you fail. Sorry but well, yeah…
No, it implies he’s one of those jerks that has a flashy car and think that entitles him to do whatever the f-k he wants…. which makes what the bus driver did EXTRA funny. Maybe you’re just sore cause you’re one of these “Flashy car” people??
Just wanted to say I <3 your name.
Don’t you love it when people blame the consequences of their crappy driving on other people? That bus driver certainly has my seal of approval.
The only time to pull up past the stop line is if you have already stopped at the line, and you are legally clear to turn left, but you’re waiting for oncoming traffic to clear.
And if you’re not the first car in line, stay back. The light might change before it would be your turn to go and then you’re in everyone’s way.
That happened in high school during a field trip. We had a really laid back bus driver, and he almost hit a woman for the same reason. She gave us a dirty look. Her window was rolled down, and as we passed, a guy on our bus pulled the window down and yelled “Stay behind the white line you bitch!” Our teacher laughed