tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588549.post3844707292979797618..comments2015-11-15T14:13:29.347-07:00Comments on Wontar's Ramblings: Sing It With Me... The Horn On The Bus GoesWontarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03365330828753376374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588549.post-49179833277094477312006-12-05T14:10:00.000-07:002006-12-05T14:10:00.000-07:00The bus driver SHOULD have yielded to any traffic ...The bus driver SHOULD have yielded to any traffic on her right. Anything on the driver's right has the right of way. {people, bikes, whatever...}<br /><br />Having said that, some drivers seem to think that "size matters," and proceed into intersections and other situations into which they'd not go if they were in a smaller vehicle. Yer uncle said he often used the aforementioned premise - -USUALLY avec success!?!??!?!<br />{I've checked with doctors and morticians, and the cause of the accident does not lessen the pain caused by the relative size of the vehicle separating yer body parts !!!!}<br /><br />We {school bus drivers} talk about the fact that if you start your bus run a bit late, or there's a tardy student - or a few of 'em- you'll NEVER make up the tiem on the route!!!! Can't be done ..... Buses aren't fast enough .... hell, ya couldn't make up the lost time in a Corvette or Mercedes either!! If you become late - - for whatever reason - - realize that you will remain so for the duration of that particular bus run. Radio the school... you're gonna be late, ....but you won't have to notify any parents to make a trip to the E.R. or worse.....<br /><br />Regarding your "experience," if there was a phone number on the rear of the bus - has to be in this state - you could make the call to the transportation supervisor regarding bus # ____ initiating a turn against oncoming traffic. It takes but one call, at least to anyone that I know, before action is taken...<br /><br />The lady who left a four year old on the bus, unattended, 'cause she didn't do the post trip inspection, is in the midst of a million dollar lawsuit... {and rightly so, in my opinion.} By the way, I have that route now!?!?!?<br /><br />We check the bus B/4 and after each trip. ALWAYS - - EVERY TIME... She was in a hurry {?} We even check the bus when we come out of the gym, or off the soccer field, {the bus has been unattended} in case "someone wants a ride to their friends house or something like that} Can't lock a school bus in this state....<br /><br />As you well know, I'm a long way from the perfect driver {or anything else} but we drivers remind each other, and watch as we return from every run, to be sure there's no child left behind. {Not the presidential initiative like the Head Start program - -physically - there's no one in the back of the bus, under the seat, in the wheel well, etc...}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com