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vintageideals t1_j9x3vey wrote

My children have been nearly struck 6 times this year alone when the bus stops and they have to cross the road. Drivers do not care and or are on their phones and don’t see the bus stopped and they FLY right passed.

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ktappe t1_j9zslre wrote

That’s not what happened.

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vintageideals t1_j9ztpw2 wrote

Funny you claim that, because an eyewitness who was there, a man named in a news article, witnessed her death and said there are things we can do to prevent this from happening-“stop signs, speed limits, watch out for kids”. Sure sounds like someone was speeding and so distracted and or careless so as not to slow down at a bus stop where 3-6 children were waiting. The article also states she was going to cross the road to the bus, so it’s pretty safe to assume the bus was stopped and the driver of the car that hit her did not stop.

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ktappe t1_j9zycq2 wrote

If the driver had passed a stopped school bus with flashing lights, they would have been arrested. They were not. So no, it's not safe to assume that at all.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_ja0bj3k wrote

> If the driver had passed a stopped school bus with flashing lights, they would have been arrested.

 
Lol have you been out driving lately?

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ktappe t1_ja0bvsd wrote

Fine, be pedantic. If the driver had passed a stopped school bus with flashing lights, and hit and killed a child, they would have been arrested. Sorry for assuming that part was clearly implied.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_ja0bxsf wrote

Haha, but no, really, have you been out driving lately?

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ktappe t1_ja0c50a wrote

I'm a bicyclist. I was nearly hit by two different pickup trucks on Thursday. Yes, drivers suck. But I still have trouble believing that if someone violates the law and kills someone, the cops do absolutely nothing.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_ja0dubu wrote

> I still have trouble believing that if someone violates the law and kills someone, the cops do absolutely nothing.

 
Ahaha you sweet summer child

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ballsonthewall t1_j9ybhzg wrote

You're a fucking idiot and should have your driver's license revoked

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[deleted] t1_j9yeuxk wrote

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ballsonthewall t1_j9yghvt wrote

When you see a fucking school bus, how about using an abundance of caution so you don't kill a child??? Is it really that hard?

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Multiplehigh5s t1_j9yahvz wrote

The giant yellow bus with a stop sign isn’t warning enough to the driver?

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RDGCompany t1_j9ycu9r wrote

Not mention all the flashing/strobing lights. Got no sympathy for drivers who run reds at a SB stop.

BTW, stops are not marked with signs as they can change from year to year. In short everywhere is school bus stop.

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vintageideals t1_j9yiuce wrote

This. Exactly. Plus it’s the MORNING and you see kids with backpacks standing there waiting like… only a super distracted idiot can’t take all of the signs. And if someone is that much of a distracted idiot, they aren’t safe to drive.

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Multiplehigh5s t1_j9yhnjt wrote

Any time I see a school bus I assume it is going to stop at some point to pick up kids or for a train track. I also assume frequent stops.

Isn’t that what you are supposed to do?

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vintageideals t1_j9yil6v wrote

Nah buddy I’ve been putting kids on the school bus since 2015 and I can tell you that I live on a 40 mph road, but right across the street from a t in the road that causes most cars to have to stop at my driveway and wait for those turning left off my road or those turning out into it and people legit still fly by at 60 mph ESPECIALLY in the mornings. The bus slows and puts its lights on and then the stop sign comes out and the we wait for the stick on the front of it to fully extend. ANDDDD we are standing right there about to cross the road.

And douchebags speed by. It isn’t the fault of the bus.

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ScienceWasLove t1_j9yhg4q wrote

The white strobe light, the yellow color, the red flashing stop sign, what the fuck else do you need?

This has NOTHING to do with signage, and EVERYTHING to do w/ an irresponsible driver.

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