School bus enters wrong way; 2 things I learnt after narrowly escaping

The bus was packed with at least a dozen kids and yet he drove in the wrong way & over the speed limit.

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A few days ago I narrowly avoided an accident which made me realise two things:

1. Dashcam is necessary
2. No matter how good of a driver you are you cannot account for other people's stupidity on the road.

This incident took place near the underpass of Orchid Hotel, Baner, Pune. We were entering an underpass at 35km/h when a school bus approached us from the wrong way at almost 60km/h. Fortunately, we were able to brake in time (although the nosedive was discomforting it was worth it), the bus driver also braked harshly and came to a stop. We were lucky enough to not get rear-ended as we stopped very harshly in speedy traffic.

I was stupified at how a person could drive a school bus in the wrong way that too over the speed limit. What angered me was the bus driver shamelessly honked at us to give way even when we couldn't as we had a lot of traffic behind us and had no way to turn.

As traffic piled up and he wasn't moving at all, I honked and pulled out my phone which scared the bus driver for some reason due to which he sped through the traffic in the wrong way and got out of there.

I started reimagining that what if I couldn't brake in time or what if the bus driver hadn't. I mean how can he be so stupid, there were young kids in that bus (at least a dozen). People like these face no consequences, sometimes we let it go as we may be in a hurry or in some cases for the sake of the other person's livelihood.

I have attached a picture of the underpass at the end of the post to give an idea of how it normally looks. When turning in towards the underpass there is no way to see any traffic. There are 2 separate lanes for incoming and outgoing. Please spread the plate number to create awareness about this driver.

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