Def 9/16” Must’ve been a custom job.

IANAL, but I think the problem here is that it’s not just the stop sign that swings out.

The bus drivers activate yellow flashing lights as they approach a stop and red lights as they actually come to a stop.

I could see how the van might have obscured the stop sign, but the flashers over the windshield (and on the rear of the bus are visible from hundreds of yards away and should have given you ample warning to stop.

If you’re concerned about losing your license you might want to consult a lawyer (anyone who advertises that they handle DUIs will usually take traffic cases.)

I got a BS ticket years ago for 75 in a 40 mph work zone on the turnpike. It was the middle of the night, there was no work happening, half the signs said 55 mph and the other half said 40 mph and the trooper likely got a reading off the guy who blew past me and started fishtailing when he jammed on his brakes as he saw the cop. I was probably going 60-65.

That ticket (30+ over the limit) carried a two week suspension which I couldn’t afford. I paid a lawyer $500 and he pleaded it down to 50 in a 40 and failure to obey a traffic control device which was no points and like a $50 fine plus all of the bs court costs (judicial computerization fee, etc.)

If a two month suspension means you would lose your job, it’s probably worth the money. If you have a clean record a lawyer can probably negotiate something that would be easier on you and satisfy the state’s need to deter future violations.

If you read the article, the state money would largely be used to prevent a tuition increase for the fifth year running.

Correct. I noticed the mistake too late to edit.

Yeah, unfortunately 76 is narrow compared to more modern interstates. And there’s almost always construction somewhere along its length.

You might want to consider taking I-78 to 81 to 76. It’s more direct and you save some on tolls, but it won’t avoid the construction you’re worried about.

I’ve never driven on 80 past State College, but it tends to have wider shoulders, so any construction zones might not feel so much like you’re playing Gran Turismo. But it’s also good advice to slow way down in construction zones because Pa. is using speed cameras now.

It would help to know where you’re headed. Most of I-80 is two lanes and some of it is kinda twisty and mountainous.

In fact, pretty much all of the east-west interstates across PA are mostly two lanes each direction.

Tbh, I can’t think of any reason you’d take the stretch of 76 going through Philly, aka the Schuylkill Expressway, if you were going to New York. Once you get to the Valley Forge interchange, you’ll want to take I-276 if you’re going north toward NYC. That’s at least three lanes each way.

Off topic, but this reminded me of a time when I was in college and I dropped my brother off at the Harrisburg train station. I overheard a group of college aged kids who had apparently bought Amtrak tickets to Lewistown thinking it would get them to Bucknell University, which is actually in Lewisburg. They got off the train in Hbg when they realized the error and were trying to figure out how to get to Lewisburg. There was no bus until the next day, so I wound up giving them a ride.

West Chester, Kennett Square, Media, Conshohocken, Lafayette Hill, Jim Thorpe. Idk, if you can’t put together a bar crawl in a small Pa town, your standards are too high.

Paoli station in Pennsylvania in the U.S.