School bus driver is an idiot

[sublime1996525]

This is in the local news. I bus driver has a railroad crossing arm rest on the bus as a front runner train goes by. Dumbass.

http://www.ksl.com/article/46693184/...ain-rumbled-by

[snide]

Here's the silver lining, slimey. A job just opened up.

[Mr.Bigg]

He did as he was told. A bad crossing reading comprehension would help some.

[Mike Mercury]

“Oh no!” he could be heard exclaiming in the video.

Moments later, the train blew past the bus as Walker could be heard gasping for air.

“It zoomed right past them,” Walker said. “I know if my kid was on that bus, I would be freaking out right now.”

snowflake. He probably expects being awarded a certificate with a gold star in the corner.

[mrvette]

I"m tell you all just exactly watt went on, I went through screwal bus training up north in Monkey Co. Faryland, just outside Wash DC.....thought it'd be a easy fill in job.....uhhhh.....NOOOOOOO......

but as to pertains to this incident it's NOT the driver's fault.....the laws where I was stated that the bus had to stop at every RR crossing, look both ways, but in order to see 1/2 the time you need have the nose close to the track, just like at stupid stop signs and plants/poles/trees/bushes/fences overgrowing the corners, need pull out to see WTF if anything is coming ......

same shit, so he pulls out, stops, maybe pulls forward, to see for sure, and the damn gate comes down, so he panicks for a nanosecond and the train doing 100 mph comes past before he can get it into reverse......

NOW if he had better vision, like for the stop sign intersections, and could keep it in motion without stoping unless the lights/gate were in action....welll DUHHHHHHH......there would not have been an issue......ASSuming the RR gear did not fail on the altert/gates......witch is why trimming crap and ensured visibility is important, not trying to take a chance by accelerating some stupid buss/truck/balky CAR, whatever over the damn RR tracks....

THAT and tons of other stupid rules and crap is why I quit that job before ever riding/driving alone with kids.....trainer was always with me.....this all took place about 30 years ago.....

and when my daughter found out I was taking screwal buss operators training, she about SHIT......probably because of all the shit the kids typically raised on the buses......

[Datawiz]

Happy to say GWiz never rode a school bus a single day in her life. Drivers are not typically the most astute drivers.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Happy to say GWiz never rode a school bus a single day in her life. Drivers are not typically the most astute drivers.

an incomplete education for the lady. she missed out on a life lesson.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Happy to say GWiz never rode a school bus a single day in her life. Drivers are not typically the most astute drivers.

On my hillside there are 6 houses and about 90' lot frontage per house, I"m 1/2 way up/dn the hill......screwal bust comes down the hill after turning corner up top at typically 40+mph......cross st/ stop sign at bottom of hill....been going on for some 22.6 years I been here......kinda fast but no young kids on the street either.....so just recently I noticed a 25 mph speed limit sign about 2 houses down from me....one facing each direction.....

I laughed with Chuck next door over it, commenting the fastest traffic was the screwal bus....he grinned an agreement.....so go figger.....

[K-Spaz]

I guess I'm in the minority not seeing the issue. The driver did what they're supposed to do. Then decided they were close, yes, but not gonna smash up the arm or scratch the hell outa the bus to move since they decided (correctly I might add) that there was room and it was ok.

[Jobaka]

Originally Posted by mrvette

...the laws where I was stated that the bus had to stop at every RR crossing...

Yup. Dollars to donuts he stopped BEFORE the lights came on and the gate came down. By then, he couldn't back up because the folks behind him didn't leave room.
Bottom line: No harm, no foul.
Move along.
Nothing to see here.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Jobaka

Yup. Dollars to donuts he stopped BEFORE the lights came on and the gate came down. By then, he couldn't back up because the folks behind him didn't leave room.
Bottom line: No harm, no foul.
Move along.
Nothing to see here.

Din even think of THAT!!! yeh, that's a damn mess alright.....

[Bill]

I finally understand AND agree with a Mrvette post, and it's this thread.

+1 for the driver did nothing wrong. Had he backed up the schoolbus and hit the guy behind him, he would have had all sorts of problems.

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by snide

Here's the silver lining, slimey. A job just opened up.

@BOTY has a CDL and looking for work

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

@BOTY has a CDL and looking for work

Wrong industry to be in right about now. About 200,000 truckers are about to be unemployed thanks to self-driving big rigs.

[BOTY]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

@BOTY has a CDL and looking for work

[BOTY]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Wrong industry to be in right about now. About 200,000 truckers are about to be unemployed thanks to self-driving big rigs.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by BOTY

You want a rock-solid career?

Learn how to write the software that runs those trucks.

[snide]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Wrong industry to be in right about now. About 200,000 truckers are about to be unemployed thanks to self-driving big rigs.

Do these self driving trucks self load and self unload?

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by snide

Do these self driving trucks self load and self unload?

If you've ever had a truck delivery at your business you'd know the driver never loads or unloads jack - it's always the employees of the business that do the real work.

[Millenium Vette]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Wrong industry to be in right about now. About 200,000 truckers are about to be unemployed thanks to self-driving big rigs.

I don't think so.....

Sure, Elon Musk along with others is pimping the idea and the idiot media, especially anything to do with NBC is helping. I am sure they are successfully Hoovering up sappy investors and subsidies.

When my phone or computer crashes, nobody dies. You cannot say the same about an 80,000 driverless truck going down the road.