8/3/2023 0 Comments Osha school bus driver seatIt is true, we can't expect our police to follow every single school bus out there. Two years ago I did complain to the Clearwater Police Department about cars passing buses on Keene and Sunset Point roads, and they responded right away. ![]() As she said, "Where are the cops when you need them?" And just last week, my daughter told me the story of an SUV that jumped the concrete median northbound on Keene Road at the intersection with Main Street driving in the opposite lanes, to beat her school bus to the turn signal. On several occasions at my own high schooler's bus stop (when it is pitch dark in the morning), cars would just blow by. I always sound my horn and sometimes yell out the window for them to stop many times I am met with that wonderful one-finger salute, which tells me that it wasn't an innocent mistake on their part. Not a day goes by on my commute to work that I don't see one of these self-important sociopaths go screaming by a stopped bus, oftentimes, the same vehicle. I have an extreme disdain for anyone who thinks his mission to get where he wants to go is so important he makes a habit of passing stopped school buses. Your column really struck a chord with me. Re: Drivers share responsibility for keeping schoolkids safe, Diane Steinle column, Aug. ![]() Put sharper teeth into laws on passing stopped school buses I would like to ask a person who just hit a child exiting a stopped school bus: "Was that child's life less important than you getting to your destination a few seconds late?"
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