[mpnex]

It's illegal to pass a school bus when the lights are on / stop arm is extended. That's why they have the stop-sign on the driver's side of the bus.

The article forgot to mention that but the assumption is that (a) a reasonable driver would know that and (b) their audience probably remembered that happening, since it was only a few months ago IIRC.

[wolvoleo]

Oh even when they are stopped at the side of the road?? Weird. Don't you have to wait very long then?

We don't really have school buses here in Spain so I've never seen this phenomenon.

[collingreen]

Yes! When they are letting kids off it becomes a defacto crosswalk where kids might come out to cross the street in front of the bus but you can't see them because of the bus itself blocking your view.

Many school buses have stop signs that extend when they have the doors open to help remind people of this and prevent the little overzealous street crossers from getting splattered.

[wolvoleo]

Ah I see thank for the explanation! That makes sense. We don't really get school buses here, kids go to school on the bike or here in the city by metro. (Or the parents drop them off of course).