Motoring Discussion > Near miss - remarkable reactions. Miscellaneous
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 10:25 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - R.P.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-41964366/dashcam-captures-truck-s-near-miss-with-child-in-norway
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 10:31 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - sherlock47
Pretty impressive to put down his cell phone, take his lunch off his lap and hit the brakes.

Maybe he (should have?) anticipated that it was a bus with school kids, from the time of day, and slowed appropriately anyway.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 10:32 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - R.P.
I wasn't going to say anything..! The kid did well as well once he realised that the grim reaper was on him
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 10:33 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - Old Navy
Easy to see why the Americans have a no passing a stopped school bus law and enforce it.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 10:35 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - VxFan
>> Easy to see why the Americans have a no passing a stopped school bus law

But does that also apply to vehicles coming from the other direction, as in the case of the above vid?
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 10:39 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - Old Navy
Yes both ways. The buses have red flashing lights at both ends and a flip out stop sign.

This is a bit inventive.

youtu.be/1UTM40K53K8
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 11:26 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - Zero
Yup Nothing is allowed to pass a school bus either way when its lights are on and its flipper is out.

For a nation of gun toting mass killers they do have some remarkably sensible traffic laws, The 4 way stop, turn right on red for example, that the majority of the population uphold and apply, well errr Sensibly.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 11:42 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - Old Navy
They are equally strict with their version of lollypop school crossings, a 10 mph zone each side for a couple of hundred yards and often a police car in attendance.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 11:48 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - commerdriver
Always wondered, do they have a system of points for driving offences (or even offences to use their phrase) such as speeding?

Do they still enforce speeding tightly, i.e. no 10% +2stuff?
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 12:01 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - sooty123
>> Always wondered, do they have a system of points for driving offences (or even offences
>> to use their phrase) such as speeding?
>>

They do in some states, you'll see signs saying that speeding in roadworks is double fine and double points.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 12:27 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - Zero
>> Always wondered, do they have a system of points for driving offences (or even offences
>> to use their phrase) such as speeding?
>>
>> Do they still enforce speeding tightly, i.e. no 10% +2stuff?

depends, speed limits on Freeways vary by state, enforced by the highway patrol using radar. The limit is the limit. No tolerance.

Interstates speeds vary, patrolled by Highway patrol and state police enforced as above

Local roads are a lottery, speeds set by counties, towns, municipalities, patrolled by the local sheriff, the speed limit is what he says it was, the speed you were going is what he says you were, the fine depends on whether the judge needs a new car or not.

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New Mon 13 Nov 17 11:53 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - smokie
Went with SWMBO to the US in Oct, her 1st time there. She keeps on about how the driving was so much better there, no aggression and people obeying road signs. We did do over 2500 miles across all kinds of roads and I have to agree with her... and it's usually been like that for me in the US. But then much of Europe also seems pretty good.

Maybe it's just us...
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 11:54 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - R.P.
That's down to most of the population carrying shooters.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 11:59 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - Old Navy
Unfortunately many UK drivers see a journey as a competition, combined with little traffic law enforcement it can make for an unpleasant experience. Some other countries most drivers see driving as a means of getting from A to B. And as said, guns.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 12:02 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - sooty123
High traffic density doesn't help either.
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New Mon 13 Nov 17 12:09 
 Near miss - remarkable reactions. - R.P.
I was in Florida a few years ago with a friend. His driving is somewhat challenged at the best of times.. He got stuck on an intersection - one of the memorable shouts from a fellow motorist was "You on death row A**hole ??"...I was looking for something in the footwell.
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