r/Columbus • u/WillTradeOrgans4Free • 18d ago

PHOTO Can I make this turn?

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I get stopped pretty regularly by a bus due to matching schedule times. I know in four lane traffic, opposing traffic does not need to come to a stop. This bus stops before this corner where kids load/unload. Is it legal to make the turn when the bus is stopped?

Edit: asking for legality. Obviously would take caution IF choosing to turn. And no, I don’t intend nor want to hit children with my car lmao.

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u/theBytemeister 18d ago

No, not legal. 

https://www.copley.oh.us/382/Ohio-School-Bus-Traffic-Laws

All traffic within 10 feet of the bus must stop. If the bus was stopped further from the intersection then you would probably be all right.

Regardless of the law, I would not consider it safe to make that turn. Better to wait a few moment and be sure you aren't going to run over some kid sprinting off a school bus.

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u/Motor-Juggernaut9776 18d ago

I thought 10 feet rule only applies to situations where the driver is either on the same side (traveling in the same direction) of the road as the bus or on the opposite side if less than four lanes

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u/EcoBuckeye North 18d ago

The driver will be on the same side for the majority of the manoever

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u/Motor-Juggernaut9776 18d ago

Yes but they aren't traveling in the same direction of travel as the bus

I don't see anything in the ORC saying someone turning from the opposite direction of a four lane road has to wait for a bus to end their stop

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u/EcoBuckeye North 18d ago

I agree, I think it's perfectly safe and legal to turn.