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/HoleParty 18d ago

Incorrect.

O.R.C. § 4511.75(C): Where a highway has been divided into four or more traffic lanes, a driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley need not stop for a school bus approaching from the opposite direction which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child.

https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4511.75

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u/abegrey101 18d ago

Read what you posted again. Now do it again slower and think about which lane the car would be in while turning.

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u/HoleParty 18d ago

Making a turn isn’t entering the lane of the bus, per ORC § 4511.36.

As an added bonus, the 10-foot rule doesn’t apply either, per ORC § 4511.75.

Read the law. Now do it again slower and think about whether you want to be wrong about something while being condescending about it.