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Post by budd on Nov 1, 2018 9:36:00 GMT -5
Did the kids have to cross the road? I know it should not matter but I would like to see the routes set up so all the stops are on the same side of the road as the kids I agree. Where I live, if the road is more than two lanes then the kids are not allowed to cross and the bus must be on their side. We should minimize the times young kids need to cross any road. That could take awhile in some rural areas, our son was on the bus for a hour and 45 minutes one way up here. I look at the accident above as ridicules and totally avoidable, weather she thought the flashing lights was farm machinery or a bus...flashing yellow lights mean caution, slow down and proceed cautiously, be prepared to stop. If she took this route regularly than she knew there was a bus that made stops on that road and at what approximant time. Should she be held accountable? Absolutely, but I'm sure the worst sentence she can receive came at the time of impact.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 9:57:00 GMT -5
I agree. Where I live, if the road is more than two lanes then the kids are not allowed to cross and the bus must be on their side. We should minimize the times young kids need to cross any road. That could take awhile in some rural areas, our son was on the bus for a hour and 45 minutes one way up here. I look at the accident above as ridicules and totally avoidable, weather she thought the flashing lights was farm machinery or a bus...flashing yellow lights mean caution, slow down and proceed cautiously, be prepared to stop. If she took this route regularly than she knew there was a bus that made stops on that road and at what approximant time. Should she be held accountable? Absolutely, but I'm sure the worst sentence she can receive came at the time of impact. Thought about that. That's why I said minimize the times. It' needs to be part of the protocol to consider when they choose the routes each year.
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Post by steiny on Nov 1, 2018 11:01:51 GMT -5
Sad deal, happened pretty close to home. Let's not be too quick to condemn the 24 year old young woman that was driving the vehicle. Errors in judgement and distracted driving happen, we've all had them. This girl is probably facing jail time and will also have to live with knowing that she killed three kids every day for the rest of her life. I'm sure she would like nothing more than to have those few seconds of her life to do over again. This is just a horrible, tragic accident.
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Post by johnc911 on Nov 1, 2018 11:35:30 GMT -5
Unfortunately this is not true the state police released a statement this morning she had just dropped her husband off at work. She was returning home she saw the flashing lights but did not realize it was a bus, however the person behind her said You could clearly see it was a bus. So none of the information or chain of events post by someone that knows this person is False? I call BS! I can't believe someone just made up all the information posted! I'm just going by what the official state police release said today
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Post by greghopper on Nov 1, 2018 11:40:29 GMT -5
Can you post that then... or a screen shot?
Something doesn't add up... IMO
I can't believe someone would type up a reply to what happened and all that information be fake/false!
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Post by swilk on Nov 1, 2018 11:52:50 GMT -5
I can. I don't know why folks do it but we see it every day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 12:09:19 GMT -5
Unfortunately this is not true the state police released a statement this morning she had just dropped her husband off at work. She was returning home she saw the flashing lights but did not realize it was a bus, however the person behind her said You could clearly see it was a bus. Exactly. And while it`s ok to show compassion for the driver who killed these kids, if she was distracted/driving too fast/etc, shame on her. Lives have been lost. It`s not harsh to condemn what happened. Period.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 1, 2018 13:04:49 GMT -5
I can. I don't know why folks do it but we see it every day. Yep… there are folks that are on social media and forums that are semi-professional crap stirrers that just go looking for stuff to stir up.
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Post by greghopper on Nov 1, 2018 13:14:32 GMT -5
That's sad for sure..... I just like to be as perfect as some think they are.
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Post by outdoorjoe on Nov 1, 2018 17:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 18:12:26 GMT -5
Wow-kids need to cross a 55 MPH road and in the in very low light conditions. I'm sure there are a lot of times someone can't stop when the school bus turns on its' lights and stops. Crazy! I'm sure her truck lights where on and per the picture the road looks straight. The driver should have not opened the doors and been looking out for incoming. I think the bus driver has a lot of do with this sad event. I know where I live the bus will not open it's doors until all traffic has stopped.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 1, 2018 18:20:38 GMT -5
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Post by schall53 on Nov 1, 2018 18:21:48 GMT -5
Wow-kids need to cross a 55 MPH road and in the in very low light conditions. I'm sure there are a lot of times someone can't stop when the school bus turns on its' lights and stops. Crazy! I'm sure her truck lights where on and per the picture the road looks straight. The driver should have not opened the doors and been looking out for incoming. I think the bus driver has a lot of do with this sad event. I know where I live the bus will not open it's doors until all traffic has stopped. The road wasn't straight, the truck that struck the children came around a pretty sharpe curve before impact.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 18:35:03 GMT -5
Wow-kids need to cross a 55 MPH road and in the in very low light conditions. I'm sure there are a lot of times someone can't stop when the school bus turns on its' lights and stops. Crazy! I'm sure her truck lights where on and per the picture the road looks straight. The driver should have not opened the doors and been looking out for incoming. I think the bus driver has a lot of do with this sad event. I know where I live the bus will not open it's doors until all traffic has stopped. The road wasn't straight, the truck that struck the children came around a pretty sharpe curve before impact. OK, I didn't see that. So another reason that stop needs to be changed to be picked up from the other side. If incoming can't be verified that an accident ready to happen. I wonder how many are similar to this stop.
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