Phasd Bus Locator (2024)

FAQs

Can you pass a moving school bus in NC? ›

The driver of the other vehicle shall not proceed to move, pass, or attempt to pass the school bus until after the mechanical stop signal has been withdrawn, the flashing red stoplights have been turned off, and the bus has started to move.

How it works. When participating transit agencies share their static transit data (e.g. routes, stops, and schedules) with Google Transit, that information is integrated with Google Maps and accessible to Google users.

A: Some school districts and private contractors that provide bus services to districts forbid their drivers from making right turns on red, even though Pennsylvania law allows the movement for all vehicles, including school buses, so long as the specified precautions are taken.

The MTS-Bus has 98 bus routes in San Diego with 4136 bus stops. Their bus routes cover an area from the Pearl St & La Jolla Bl stop to the Campo St & Old Hwy 80 stop and from the Christmas Circle & Palm Canyon Rd stop to the Virginia Avenue Transit Center stop.

North Carolina laws frown heavily on passing a stopped school bus. The penalties are swift and substantial – much more than getting a traffic ticket. Further, the consequences of a conviction of this category of traffic infraction are unpleasant.

DMV and Insurance Penalties

Passing a stopped school bus in North Carolina will result in five (5) DMV points on your North Carolina driver's license. Passing a stopped school bus also results in four (4) insurance points, which will result in an 80% increase in your insurance rates.

Using live bus route maps

Navigate to our live bus times and stops page, then enter your street, town or postcode. Your results will show the buses arriving soon at the bus stops near you, live times will appear in green and scheduled times will appear in black.

I've used Bus for like 1–2 months only to be honest and Google Maps was mostly accurate about the bus timings and whether the bus is delayed or not.

The essential part of the system relies on GPS satellite data that roughly determine the location of a bus down to 100 metres. Data collected from GPS is passed into a Kalman filter, and other data including velocity and temperature is calculated on the bus and transmitted every 30 seconds via GPRS.

Flashing red lights on a school bus indicate that children will be entering or exiting the bus. If you see flashing red lights on a stopped school bus on your side of the road, you must stop until the lights stop flashing.

Why do buses have flashing lights on top? ›

The purpose of equipping buses with roof mount strobe lights is to alert motorists that a school bus is in the vicinity. This may be especially helpful in severe weather conditions, such as rain, fog, smog, and snow, where the vision of approaching motorists is more obscured.

(b) Duty of approaching driver when amber signals are flashing. --The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking any school bus shall proceed past the school bus with caution and shall be prepared to stop when the amber signal lights are flashing.

The 99 B-Line is the busiest bus route in Canada and the United States, with a 2018 average weekday ridership of 55,900 passengers.

San Diego does not have a subway system, but we do have a light rail system. Why are there so few subway (underground rail) lines in California?

It is dangerous to jump out of a moving bus because the jumping man who is moving with the high speed of the bus would tend to remain in state of motion due to inertia even on falling to the ground and get hurt due to resistance offered by the ground.

– The General Assembly of North Carolina encourages criminal prosecution for violation of G.S. 20-217 whenever photographs or videos recorded by an automated school bus safety camera provide evidence sufficient to support such prosecution.

Be very careful here, especially if the bus is slowing down. The lights could come on at any time. If a school bus is still moving but coming to a stop, and its lights are flashing – yellow or red – it is illegal to pass.

Two-lane roadway: When school bus stops for passengers, all traffic from both directions must stop. Two-lane roadway with a center turning lane: When school bus stops for passengers, all traffic from both directions must stop.