Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 15 hours agoIt isn’t a unique Texas Law. It’s law everywhere in the US and Canada.
“mostly all in North America, require all surrounding vehicles to stop when a school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing.”
en.wikipedia.org/…/School_bus_traffic_stop_laws
“And the human drivers who move to Texas often get tripped up by this law, because many aren’t aware of the requirement.”
Only if you are from a different country.
Which is beside the point that if anyone else drove through 20 bus stops, they couldn’t use the excuse, “I’m from another country so I don’t know your laws.” to get out of jail.
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The default in most other states is that opposite direction traffic on a divided highway don’t have to stop. The states differ in what constitutes a divided highway, but generally at least 5 feet of space or a physical barrier between the lanes would qualify. In Texas, however, there is no exception for divided highways, and the key definition is “controlled-access highway,” which requires on/off ramps and physical barriers between traffic directions, or “different roadways,”
So for a 5-lane road where there are 2 lanes going in each direction with a center lane for left turns, Texas requires opposite direction traffic to stop, while most other states do not.
sacredfire@programming.dev 4 hours ago
Yeah, a lot of school bus stops on five lane highways… /s
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
My commute to work includes a main city road with two lanes each way and a turning lane, and sometimes there is a school bus that stops.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
The incidents had nothing to do with divided highways.
youtu.be/vhxInHCtYGw