I hate getting stuck behind a school bus!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hate:

When we are trying to load my special needs child on the school bus in the morning in her wheelchair on the ramp and some asshole is drumming on his steering wheel and looking at his watch. Do you think this is a hobby, asshole?

Well, the bus driver should instead use the flashing yellows. Proceed with caution. They do this for wheelchair students where I live.

Either way, it's a dick move to convey impatience due to a kid in a wheelchair. WTF is wrong with people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hate:

When we are trying to load my special needs child on the school bus in the morning in her wheelchair on the ramp and some asshole is drumming on his steering wheel and looking at his watch. Do you think this is a hobby, asshole?

Well, the bus driver should instead use the flashing yellows. Proceed with caution. They do this for wheelchair students where I live.

Why do you think that drivers should get to drive around a school bus where a child in a wheelchair is being loaded?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hate:

When we are trying to load my special needs child on the school bus in the morning in her wheelchair on the ramp and some asshole is drumming on his steering wheel and looking at his watch. Do you think this is a hobby, asshole?

Well, the bus driver should instead use the flashing yellows. Proceed with caution. They do this for wheelchair students where I live.

Why do you think that drivers should get to drive around a school bus where a child in a wheelchair is being loaded?

Because the child isn’t going to be running across the road. Why once the child is being actively loaded can’t cars pass? What is the danger? Serious question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hate:

When we are trying to load my special needs child on the school bus in the morning in her wheelchair on the ramp and some asshole is drumming on his steering wheel and looking at his watch. Do you think this is a hobby, asshole?

Well, the bus driver should instead use the flashing yellows. Proceed with caution. They do this for wheelchair students where I live.

Why do you think that drivers should get to drive around a school bus where a child in a wheelchair is being loaded?

Because the child isn’t going to be running across the road. Why once the child is being actively loaded can’t cars pass? What is the danger? Serious question?

Fool drivers driving at high speeds around a school bus. That's the danger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hate:

When we are trying to load my special needs child on the school bus in the morning in her wheelchair on the ramp and some asshole is drumming on his steering wheel and looking at his watch. Do you think this is a hobby, asshole?

Well, the bus driver should instead use the flashing yellows. Proceed with caution. They do this for wheelchair students where I live.

Why do you think that drivers should get to drive around a school bus where a child in a wheelchair is being loaded?

Because the child isn’t going to be running across the road. Why once the child is being actively loaded can’t cars pass? What is the danger? Serious question?

Fool drivers driving at high speeds around a school bus. That's the danger.

But these kids get picked up at their homes, typically. The bus door is facing the curb. So the child doesn’t even encounter the road. It’s front door>down driveway>onto bus.

I’m not trying to sound like a d*ck. We have a neighbor kid who’s in a wheelchair and gets picked up. They put on the yellow flashers and people pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child gets picked up at our house and his bus ride is 1.5 hours each way. The bus is often 15+ min early or late due to the length of the route and distance between stops. He has to be buckled into a special seat once he is on the bus. The number of assholes who honk at his bus have really killed my faith in the future of humanity. Including a guy who lives a few houses down and *knows our child is in a wheelchair*. Thanks, neighbor.

Get over yourself

Many people have hour plus commutes and manage to belt themselves in every day

Are you so stupid that you think it should take the same amount of time to put a wheelchaired kid on bus, transfer kid to seat and buckle into harness and then fold up and secure wheelchair OR secure wheelchair with kid in it, depending AS an adult getting into a car and putting on a seatbelt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hate:

When we are trying to load my special needs child on the school bus in the morning in her wheelchair on the ramp and some asshole is drumming on his steering wheel and looking at his watch. Do you think this is a hobby, asshole?

Well, the bus driver should instead use the flashing yellows. Proceed with caution. They do this for wheelchair students where I live.

Why do you think that drivers should get to drive around a school bus where a child in a wheelchair is being loaded?

Because the child isn’t going to be running across the road. Why once the child is being actively loaded can’t cars pass? What is the danger? Serious question?

Fool drivers driving at high speeds around a school bus. That's the danger.

But these kids get picked up at their homes, typically. The bus door is facing the curb. So the child doesn’t even encounter the road. It’s front door>down driveway>onto bus.

I’m not trying to sound like a d*ck. We have a neighbor kid who’s in a wheelchair and gets picked up. They put on the yellow flashers and people pass.

There could be other SN children on the bus already who might jump off and run out into the street while the driver and aide are distracted. You should use more caution around handicapped buses because sometimes the kids behavior is unpredictable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
But these kids get picked up at their homes, typically. The bus door is facing the curb. So the child doesn’t even encounter the road. It’s front door>down driveway>onto bus.

I’m not trying to sound like a d*ck. We have a neighbor kid who’s in a wheelchair and gets picked up. They put on the yellow flashers and people pass.

I think it's good for people to operate on the assumption that stopped school bus = do not pass IN ALL CASES. (Capital letters for emphasis, not yelling.) As it is, plenty of people will pass stopped school buses that have their red lights on and stop signs out. Let's not add nuance.

[Anonymous]

I know when the school buses are cruising my route to work so I either leave a few minutes early or a few minutes late. What's worse are all of the SUV moms jamming the local roads near the schools rather than have their kids take the bus. Chances are they are the ones bitching about the buses!

[Anonymous]

We moved out of the area and this thread is reminding me why. The first week of school a car got stuck behind the school bus picking up my kids. It was a new stop since we are new and no other kids this age live on the street. The first 3 days the same car got stuck. She never seemed impatient. On day 4 the car drove by and waved to us in our driveway about 1 minute before the bus came. Problem solved. She adjusted her morning routine by 1 minute and had a smile on her face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people have to be kidding! Guess what.....the buses take the same route every day at the same time. If you are too stupid to know this then maybe you should get on the damn bus and go finish your education.

There's a bus in the neighborhood I live in that does come the same time everyday. Unfortunately, the child at the stop can be 5-10 minutes late coming out of his house to get on the bus. The bus sits in front of his house with the door open, stop sign out, and red flashers on so one can pass. How long should everyone have to wait?

[Anonymous]

I hate walking behind slow walkers. Meh, life goes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people have to be kidding! Guess what.....the buses take the same route every day at the same time. If you are too stupid to know this then maybe you should get on the damn bus and go finish your education.

There's a bus in the neighborhood I live in that does come the same time everyday. Unfortunately, the child at the stop can be 5-10 minutes late coming out of his house to get on the bus. The bus sits in front of his house with the door open, stop sign out, and red flashers on so one can pass. How long should everyone have to wait?

As long as the bus has its stop sign out and red flashers on.

If you find it highly inconvenient, leave earlier or later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
But these kids get picked up at their homes, typically. The bus door is facing the curb. So the child doesn’t even encounter the road. It’s front door>down driveway>onto bus.

I’m not trying to sound like a d*ck. We have a neighbor kid who’s in a wheelchair and gets picked up. They put on the yellow flashers and people pass.

I think it's good for people to operate on the assumption that stopped school bus = do not pass IN ALL CASES. (Capital letters for emphasis, not yelling.) As it is, plenty of people will pass stopped school buses that have their red lights on and stop signs out. Let's not add nuance.

A stopped school bus without the red flashers is like any other stopped vehicle. For that matter, when I approach an oncoming school bus with yellow flashers (warning of impending red flashers), I will proceed carefully, and drive past it if they haven't changed to red yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate when the school bus stops in front of an individuals home and that child is not ready. The bus has stopped to wait and put out it's sign. Now the rest of us have to wait for the child to exit the front door and board the bus.

I have no issues waiting for the bus and the children when the children are at the bus stop waiting to board the bus as it arrives. I'm even patient when the the straggling kid comes running towards the bus.

But if you have the luxury of waiting inside your front door for the bus, you should be ready to go when it pulls up. I should not have to wait 3-4 min for your departure.

The only kids who get door to door transportation are those with significant disabilities. If you have hw luxury of a kid who can attend their local school and walk to the regular stop you should stop complaining about other people’s “luxuries”.

That's not necessarily true.