<P> Traffic laws in other countries do not require vehicles to stop </P> <P> The speed limit is 40 km / h (24.9 mph) in Australia and 20 km / h (12.4 mph) in New Zealand when passing a stopped school bus . In New Zealand, the New Zealand Transport Agency decided that the speed limit passing a stopped school bus should not be raised based on probabilities of pedestrian deaths if hit at different speeds, nor has it supported requiring fully stopping and waiting for school buses loading and unloading children as in the United States and Canada . </P> <P> In Belgium and Germany, traffic is required to pass stopped school buses at very slow speeds that allow for quick stopping . While in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, drivers are directed to drive carefully passed stopped school buses . </P>

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