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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its called ENTITLEMENT[/quote]

It is, and it's being displayed by drivers. If you can't stand to wait five minutes while young children file into a bus that is filled three butts to a seat, then YOU should get up earlier.

We're always first to the bus stop in the morning, btw, so it's not my kid who is late. But take a breath and look at your priorities.[/quote]

The purpose of laws requiring traffic to stop behind a school bus is to promote safety by making it unlawful for drivers to pass a school bus while it is stopped to load or unload passengers.  The duty to stop applies until passengers have been loaded and the bus is in motion (and red flashing lights off).  No one is objecting to any delay required for safe loading and loading.  Take all the time necessary to load and unload the kids safely.

The law, however, was never meant to apply to a bus that is waiting while parents drive up to the stop, kiss their kids goodbye, or, those who stand at the bus door and chat with the bus driver even after all riders have found seats.  Moreover, it was also not intended to apply when a fully loaded bus sits and waits for one or two teenaged stragglers to approach the stop from a distance away, or while a rider is inside his house, gathering his backpack, while his mother stands at the door asking the  bus driver and all of the traffic behind the bus to wait.  The purpose was to promote safe loading, unloading, and crossing of the street to load, and it presumed that people would be at or near the stop when the bus arrived and considerate enough to load and unload in an orderly manner.

PS- no matter what time they get up, many parents can't leave until after their kids are on the bus.  I'm so glad to be past these days, but when my kids were in elementary, the bus came at 9:20 a.m. (which is crazy). I needed to get to work as quickly as possible after the bus pulled away, and it was particularly annoying  when I had to wait for other parents who delayed the departure of the bus after I got mine there on time.  If you are driving your kid to the bus and you are late, why not just drive your kid to school? Why should everyone have to wait for you?[/quote]

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