There seems to be two groups of people on this subreddit, those who look at situations like this and balance common sense and courtesy with what is required by the law, and others who focus strictly on the law and no matter what will excuse someone's actions if it is within the law and their right of way.

Yes the bus driver is ultimately at fault here, but when you share the road with all the other drivers and are a part of a situation like that which can easily be avoided, you are still partly at fault. That's how driving works, you won't always decide which situation you're in.

That's not to say the bus driver isn't a dumbass. He is. And that's not to say he was in the right for expecting the SUV to move up. He wasn't. However after agreeing that the bus driver fucked up, I personally feel it's ridiculous to look at the SUV driver and say they played it out right.

One bad thing happened that they had no control over (the bus driver getting put in a bad position) and they were forced into a new situation where they could have made room for the bus (legally too) in order to potentially save lives. Even though they were forced into that situation, that doesn't mean that anything they do from that point on is right. Although being forced into that situation does excuse them from ultimately being blamed for the whole thing, and I also think they shouldn't get shit for what they did because they probably weren't paying attention, but it wasn't the right thing to do. For as much as people talk about defensive driving on this sub and being aware of your surroundings (even when you're not at fault), it seems that "being in the right" is enough to throw that out the window.

That's my feelings on it anyway. Perhaps we're saying the same thing in different ways. I don't want to argue the semantics of "right" and "wrong" in this context, but hopefully you understand what I am saying even if you disagree.