cars fly past the bus stop... video added to OP

I can't help but think they will only catch a handful of people and tomorrow a new set of people will do the same thing and the lesson isn't learned. It looks like her house is on a major freeway? She needs a more permanent solution, speed bumps, change the speed limit, children crossing signage. Or maybe her kid needs to be dropped off on the back side of her house. That's a strange location for a home, not even a fence in case of a car collision or drunk driver that could drive up on her lawn.

Cars should stop for school buses with flashing red lights - no matter what - but that school bus stop has no business being there. US 19 is practically a highway with a 50 mph speed limit and lights every so often.  The bus stops in a turning lane - move it to around the corner to make it safer for everyone.  

Here if you are in the left lane ( on a 4 lane) you can pass the bus. I can’t do it, I can’t even pass the bus if I am in the opposite lanes. I slow down or I pull off until the bus goes.

I just don’t get why people feel the need to pass a school bus.

People just don't give a crap about anyone's lives except their own. Truly, they don't. 

Oh poor kids!!!!! Thankful no one was hurt!

Here is the video.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/watch-cars-pulled-over-after-passing-stopped-pasco-co-school-bus
Jen

I go through 2 school zones on my way to work - and every day there are people who try and speed through them, thankfully most people do slow down, and they "trap" others in the line so they can't speed.

I saw that video earlier today but did not know it was US 19.  Now that I do know that, I could not agree more.  US 19 is a nightmare and so many fatalities happen on that road. People drive like crazed monkeys on 19.  That a school bus would actually stop on that road to load/unload children is insane to me.

While ignorant drivers definitely need to be penalized and re-educated for not stopping for school buses, a safer stop absolutely needs to be addressed.  

Yep, my mother lives about 20 minutes south of where the video was taken.  Her development lets out onto 19 but she has a maze of side exits and back roads so she can avoid driving on 19 unless absolutely necessary.  And my husband and I almost got into what I am positive would have been a fatal accident. We were approaching a red light so DH was starting to slow down - we were still going fast as we had plenty of time to stop - when all of a sudden someone makes a left right in front of us.  If DH didn't already have his foot over the break, there was no way we could have slowed down enough to not hit them.  I am pretty sure the other driver would have been killed and who knows what would have happened to us but it would have been catastrophic.  

I'm school bus ignorant, because we really don't have them out here. I would have been one of the ones who drove past, but honestly would not have known. Actual residents, on the other hand, have no excuses. The lady seemed a bit nuts, not gonna lie.

You're probably right. And after I posted I realized there is signage on the bus .. but it says that our buses stop at railroad crossings, and that's about it. 

There is no school bus transportation system in any of my surrounding communities. The only time you see a school bus is to pick up the football team or a field trip. 

In that instance, they'd be on school property or parked on a side street .. so I can honestly say I've never dealt with a school bus of kids getting dropped off at a stop.

Strange, right? 

Good for her! Good for the sheriffs! Hope the fines are considerable.
I live near a bigger street (still in a residential area) and many kids have to cross it to get to the middle school. There is a light at the intersection and a crossing guard. There were still 20 accidents there last year including one during before school hours where one car ended up on the sidewalk. No one was injured thankfully.

The speed limit on the street was 30. People usually went about 40-45. City lowered the speed limit to 25 and have been ticketing quite frequently. The police have caught people using iPads while driving and 2 people going over 60 MPH down this street (I assume it was later at night because I don't see how they could do that in rush hour traffic).

I just really wish people would pay more attention.

Another egregious incident right across from school was a situation where kids were crossing with their parents, in the official school zone that is clearly marked, and there is a crossing guard. Driver was heading straight for the people even though the crossing guard was holding up the stop sign and the adults were yelling. Finally screeched to a stop. I hope one of the parents took a pic of the license plate.

Fair enough, Free Charlie. I was just thinking how strange it is that it's not so commonplace out here. But you're right -- what else do you need to know? 

In most places in the US the law is if you are on a road that is not divided by a median or Jersey wall, traffic in both directions stops for a bus with flashing red lights and stop sign. If you are on a road that is divided by a median, traffic going in the same direction as the bus stops for the bus.