Stopping for the School Bus

Approaching the turning into our road this afternoon, a School Bus was just dropping off some children at the corner. 

The majority of children of all ages here catch the bus to school and so there are fleets of yellow buses around for several hours in the morning and afternoon.

It is the law in the US that when the school bus stops with its lights flashing and it's 'stop' sign up, then all traffic must come to a complete halt at least 50 feet away and remain so until the bus moves on and the road is clear of children.

Traffic must stop in all directions (except on a dual carriageway, when the other direction can keep going).  Even another school bus approaching the road junction has stopped - as shown in the right of this (not very good) photo.

PS. After completing today's blog, the very hot and humid weather turned into a huge thunderstorm this evening, heavy rain and suddenly...

..no power!  It is now a very quiet evening indeed..