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Are school busses a good idea?
Mr. Perfect
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They've been debating it in my state. Personally, I'd like to see the system replaced with a privately owned one, but that is probably just me.
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And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
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And no, I don't think they're a good idea. I think we had better schools when every neighborhood and district had a school kids could walk to.
WA doesn't have schoolbusses? I thought all states had them, since the 60s.
And no, I don't think they're a good idea. I think we had better schools when every neighborhood and district had a school kids could walk to.
Yes, we have them. The debate is whether to get rid of them in some areas and make the kids take public transit (already happened in some places last year, much to the chagrin of the city transit systems).
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
quote:Originally posted by River Rat
WA doesn't have schoolbusses? I thought all states had them, since the 60s.
And no, I don't think they're a good idea. I think we had better schools when every neighborhood and district had a school kids could walk to.
Yes, we have them. The debate is whether to get rid of them in some areas and make the kids take public transit (already happened in some places last year, much to the chagrin of the city transit systems).
I don't at all like the idea of kids having to ride public transportation to get to school. At least on a school bus, there is a greater chance that you can control who does and doesn't get on the bus (i.e., child predators).
School buses have no seat belts just keep that in mind when thinking child safety.
No longer true. 10 years ago, yes it was true. About ten buses running in my community and I think there are two or three without seatbelts yet but they are currently switching over. My kid happens to be on one of the buses not equipped with seatbelts but if I were a betting man I would say next year all will have them.
At least here where I live anyway. It doesn't bother me either way but I remember reading in the paper awhile back and the school district is planning to have belts on all buses in the very near future, they just can't afford to sell off their entire fleet and upgrade at once so they just do 1-3 a year.
quote:Originally posted by armilite
School buses have no seat belts just keep that in mind when thinking child safety.
No longer true. 10 years ago, yes it was true. About ten buses running in my community and I think there are two or three without seatbelts yet but they are currently switching over. My kid happens to be on one of the buses not equipped with seatbelts but if I were a betting man I would say next year all will have them.
At least here where I live anyway. It doesn't bother me either way but I remember reading in the paper awhile back and the school district is planning to have belts on all buses in the very near future, they just can't afford to sell off their entire fleet and upgrade at once so they just do 1-3 a year.
Not here they still don't have them and 70% of the cities kids ride buses. Very few kids go to their neighborhood schools, we still have the forced busing thing going on here.
sooo who here rode the short bus..fess up[}:)]
In 12th grade classes got out early one day a week so the short buss was all that was running
School buses have no seat belts just keep that in mind when thinking child safety.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I also can't think of a single news report where children or anyone riding a bus was injured because they were seated and unbelted. The children on a school bus are probably safer than city buses packed with standing occupants regardless of belts. Can you provide an article or better yet numbers of reported accidents and injuries?
Having parents bring them in is not a good solution either, try driving by a school when that is going on, too many people doing that right now. Results in big buses running nearly empty and greatly contributing to traffic.
Pedophiles? Our method of dealing with them is one of the reasons why we have them. Change that by removing them from society instead of treating them like a victim and that problem will be greatly reduced.
Look to other countries methods and see if there's anything there workable or useable for us. Others have solved this before.
Presently transportation is provided by some Canadian company (has been for 10+ years.)
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quote:Originally posted by armilite
School buses have no seat belts just keep that in mind when thinking child safety.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I also can't think of a single news report where children or anyone riding a bus was injured because they were seated and unbelted. The children on a school bus are probably safer than city buses packed with standing occupants regardless of belts. Can you provide an article or better yet numbers of reported accidents and injuries?
No I can't be specific but when the school year starts just about every other day on the local news there's a school bus involved in some accident in town here. Most of the people driving them are people that can't get a job anywhere else. Some times the local newspaper does a story and do some digging. Back ground checks on the drivers come up showing felons or drivers with suspended licenses. Many could be people of WalMart. I don't want these people driving my kids anywhere. The good thing is all my children are no longer of school age. There are at least 1,000 of them here in town roaming the streets. I'm sure I'm on the low side here. Last I heard they bus 90,000 kids a day. No there haven't been any fatalities that I can recall but a lot of minor injuries. It may be different if you live out in the boonies but here they are a real pain in the *.