Why do you drive to the bus stop?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you care???????

I'm not OP but cars idling at the bus stop unnecessarily is terrible for the environment & often causes extra traffic congestion in neighborhoods during people's morning commutes.

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Then plan your commute accordingly.

Your neighbors must love you. As, I'm sure, does the EPA!

Such selfishness you are teaching your snowflakes.

+1 million. No wonder so many kids today are coddled & entitled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Im sorry, I only participate in recreational walking. If I have to go somewhere to get something done I drive, that includes the bus stop.

Please tell me you're joking...

Why would you think Im joking? Im in the majority not the minority.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/f-kaid-benfield/americans-dont-walk-much_b_5742064.html

[Anonymous]

Does anyone see a problem here? Parents are not allowed to let their kids walk to a park alone, yet they are expected to have their kids standing out waiting for a bus without supervision. Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care???????

I'm not OP but cars idling at the bus stop unnecessarily is terrible for the environment & often causes extra traffic congestion in neighborhoods during people's morning commutes.

+1

Then plan your commute accordingly.

Your neighbors must love you. As, I'm sure, does the EPA!

Such selfishness you are teaching your snowflakes.

+1 million. No wonder so many kids today are coddled & entitled.

Completely agree. A generation or so ago, unless a kid had a major disability or the weather was really bad, any parent that drove their kids a few blocks to the bus stop would've been looked at like he or she had 2 heads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone see a problem here? Parents are not allowed to let their kids walk to a park alone, yet they are expected to have their kids standing out waiting for a bus without supervision. Really?

Not allowing either is ridiculous in most cases.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, buses are not always reliable. Would you want your ten year old out there all day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, buses are not always reliable. Would you want your ten year old out there all day?

I don't understand how that relates to driving to the bus stop, instead of walking to the bus stop.

[Anonymous]

I know a few people who do this. Most are on their way to work and just drop the kid off.

One of DS' friends has pretty bad asthma that is exacerbated from going from hot air to cold air and due To the location of the school, dropping off directly there is not doable. Friend drives her kid to the bus stop and they wait in the car until bus pulls up and kid pretty much goes aS fast as possible from car to bus. They are trying to move down south because it can get so bad.

Another has a kid with impulse control issues. They are working on it, but friend doesn't trust kid not to wander off and miss the bus.

Another has a kid with social anxiety issues. They are at a crowded bus stop so it can be difficult for him depending on the day.

Interesting that you immediately jumped to a nefarious conclusion. Do you always anticipate the worst out of people?

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how that relates to driving to the bus stop, instead of walking to the bus stop.

Read the thread. Some parents work and want to be sure kid is on the bus. If they went to work first, kid might miss the bus.

[Anonymous]

In Arlington, parents drive from outside of Arlington to drop off at the bus stop. There's someone who does it in my neighborhood every single day.

[Anonymous]

We live three blocks from DC's future elementary school. It seems insane to live that close and drive, but DC will probably be dropped off in a car every morning. It just doesn't make sense for me to walk to the school, walk back, and then get in my car to drive back past the school on my way to work.

[Anonymous]

I only drive to the first bus stop if my kids are SO late that we're in danger of missing the bus. If we have to drive because someone is not cooperating, that person loses his or her TV/computer time that day. I drive to the second bus stop because that's the only way I can get kid #3 to school on time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, buses are not always reliable. Would you want your ten year old out there all day?

Um, just teach your kid what to do if the bus doesn't arrive by "x" time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, buses are not always reliable. Would you want your ten year old out there all day?

Um, just teach your kid what to do if the bus doesn't arrive by "x" time.

+1

Your 10-year-old would seriously just stand outside all day if the bus didn't come?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a few people who do this. Most are on their way to work and just drop the kid off.

One of DS' friends has pretty bad asthma that is exacerbated from going from hot air to cold air and due To the location of the school, dropping off directly there is not doable. Friend drives her kid to the bus stop and they wait in the car until bus pulls up and kid pretty much goes aS fast as possible from car to bus. They are trying to move down south because it can get so bad.

Another has a kid with impulse control issues. They are working on it, but friend doesn't trust kid not to wander off and miss the bus.

Another has a kid with social anxiety issues. They are at a crowded bus stop so it can be difficult for him depending on the day.

Interesting that you immediately jumped to a nefarious conclusion. Do you always anticipate the worst out of people?

These all seem like completely logical reasons. But I seriously doubt all, or even most, kids being driven to bus stops have these issues.