Today I saw cars driving on the street. Does that mean I almost got hit by one?

I'm sorry, but I have to side with the 'If you kid can be trusted to be on the schoolbus by himself, he's probably safe to be outside for two, three minutes' folks, and I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. :thumbsup

I would definately keep calling the school and raising hell.Making sure there is something done about this.

It's funny the way people react to things.

A parent could calmly approach the bus driver and say "Look, I know you're busy, and it's the first week and what not .. But could you please make sure my child doesn't get off the bus if I'm not waiting for him? He's kind of young and it's important to me."

OR

As you suggest, right away go on the offensive, because damnit you're in the right and everyone is going to fucking pay for this travesty of educational justice!

One of those two approaches will probably get what you want, the other will get your child marked as the child of that bitch, the trouble maker.

You really DO catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

this is exacdtly why i dont want kids.

too stressful

maybe im too young still to get the picture

If that one parent did not see the situation unfold I would have lost my child. This is a near loss, so it remains correct.

Does not matter if the job is difficult - it needs to be done properly. This driver is required to know where to pick up which children and know where to drop off which children, and when dropping off, make sure the child knows the person that is waiting there.

Simple, not hard.

Damn Straight! :thumbsup

Did one come so close you feared you would be hit, or did you just make a stupid comment to be controversial?

How do you figure?

The chances of a child that's left alone for 5 minutes being abducted, or whatever, is in it's self pretty low. Far less than say 1%. Far, far, far less actually. In this case, however, another parent was present so the risk was further reduced to near Zero.

Now I know what you're getting at that no risk is acceptable when it comes to your child. But really, this was not an ALMOST situation by any stretch of the imagination.

No.

Was a child abductor caught in the area your child could have been left alone in, but wasn't? Maybe there was a bad accident at the bus stop in the 5 minutes the other parent was waiting with your child?

What makes this an ALMOST? Am I missing something here?

My kid can be trusted to play safely at that location, but it is not safe. The street is a 140 degree corner, like the letter Y shape. One side is a 60km/hr main street right and the other is residential/commercial. There are strangers walking around, businesses across the street, and no bus shelter, benches etc. To be there is to just stand there, waiting, in an area ripe for accidents or criminal activity.

It is not a matter of trusting my kid, and it never was.

You are definitely missing something. Yes, there ARE convicted child predators in this city, and they do not release their location for the predators own safety. Recently it was revealed through the community that there are 2, possibly 3 of them living in an apartment complex 5 minutes down the road.

What makes it almost is that there was everything needed for a bad thing to occur, without it actually happening.

Sounds like the area you are living is the problem, not a lazy bus driver. You should direct your anger twords city officials who let all those bad guys roam around your kids bus stop.

Well, that certainly makes it sound worse. Still though, in my mind almost means almost. At least better than even chance.

So what you're saying is that there is a place, where a school drops off children, where there is say a better than even chance that a child left alone for 5 minutes will be lost? Where the hell do you live? Cambodia?

I was standing on a curb today, and a bus drove by doing 50 kph like 6 inches from the curb.


I was almost hit by a bus today.

Huggles, I agree, even though you're being sarcastic.

I am being a dick.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh bumperooni

I agree with you. I was surprised to find that my son's school really wanted him to take the bus, to give him more independence (hes in preschool) - I think its really weird to do that if you don't need to.

Good point, Stuart.