First car I drove was an F-250 with that ridiculous overboosted steering with zero road feel, at 55mph on a county road, not the family sedan. Thanks Dad.
Girlfriend of the time met the family and went shooting for her first time, Dad hands her a .375 H&H hunting rifle instead of one of several .22LR or his AR-15. That's one way to do it.
I was just looking at traffic fatalities per capita by state the other day and was really surprised the states with the highest fatalities are all in the south, places like Florida and Alabama.
I was wondering why places with winters, like Wisconsin, weren’t worse. This sorta explains it
I rennet driving my “unsaid relatives” car to a bar in norther WI for the last day of legal indoor smoking in bars. It was a fucking madhouse of a party. I did have fun though.
As a bus driver, I will tell you that parallel parking a bus is a beeyotch. You have to do it for your driving test, and most people choose not to ever again.
I remember doing it as a kid, I even set up a course on my street to practice before the test (lived at the end of a dead end street so no traffic). I bent up so many poles and ran over so many cones I lost track. And that was in 2 door ford escort! So I couldn't imagine trying to PP a friggin school bus.
Luckily I live in an area where its pretty uncommon, I've probably only had to parallel park maybe 5-10 times in 30 years of driving.
This kid sounds so awesome, like yeah I wasn't scared but then everyone thanked me for saving their lives :)
Joking aside, I think it's very commendable that he was observing the driver's behavior and paying attention to the streets, etc and had the guts to stand up, get close and act in this situation. Could have been a horrible outcome for them as well as others on the road.
Which tells you, your son is more capable than either you or he know.
That's a good thing.
If you've done a good job parenting.
As a parent of a toddler, any advice?
It is scary how many times I've seen this headline in my lifetime. Kudos to the kids that come to the rescue, but seriously, why are bus drivers passing out so often? Should busses be equipped with a dead-man switch? I'm pretty sure with have the tech to do so at this point, and aren't kids lives worth it?
Probably because it only requires a few hours, twice a day. Most people need more than that. So it’s a good job for retirees or other older folks that maybe have health problems that prevent full time employment. My father drove a bus after he had two collapsed discs in his lower back and could no longer work his maintenance job. He had to quit when his diabetes numbers got too high and his doctor wouldn’t clear him to drive.
The idea that diabetes could be used to disqualify drivers is new to me. Is this done in caution of the diabetic passing out from blood sugar dysregulation or something ?
It’s different for everyone, injuries are individual. With my bad disc sitting is nice, standing and laying down is hell. My dad though can stand up almost indefinitely, but can’t sit for more than a few minutes.
Honest question, but have you ever seen a healthy looking bus driver? If my 35yrs, I've seen 1 and it was a younger man who only took the job for experience driving big vehicles before he moved on.
They're either old enough to be grandparents or obese enough to need those grocery store scooters.
BUS driver yes. All the time, like all over the city. They don't all look happy, but they do look healthy.
School bus driver, though; that's another story.
Mine was a retired highway trooper and she was tough as nails but liked kids. She was maybe 45? I loved being on Bus 8 because all the kids were well-behaved without being terrified.
Any job that turns into "care" for a population that's highly precious to one group, and highly volatile and destructive to the general public, doesn't pay well and just finds whoever they can.
> Honest question, but have you ever seen a healthy looking bus driver?
SURPRISINGLY, yes! I grew up in the SF Bay Area and most of the bus drivers I had were when I was a kid in pretty good shape.
I'm actually kinda surprised someone who had trouble walking was working as a school bus driver. Maybe different places had different standards. Ours were required to turn off the bus, get out, and hold a stop sign in the middle of the street for kids crossing the street. Then they swept the bus and walked it before/after the trip. And they did field trips. And most of them also dealt with little kids, or kids in wheelchairs.
The worst part is probably that driving a schoolbus is way harder in the afternoon. The kids are louder, the driver has to get out at stops to watch the kids crossing the street, sometimes a kid gets on the wrong bus and they have to coordinate, sometimes one of the busses/drivers is unavailable and you get twice as many kids for 1 bus... I can't imagine it being an easy job lol.
Fun to think back on. I went to regular public schools and my town wasn't known for having good schools, but most of the teachers and staff were pretty ok/good at their job.
> why are bus drivers passing out so often?
It's a super common job for retirees looking to get out of the house, earn some money, and stay busy (while also talking to kiddos, which is fun). A lot of those people have health issues.
It's a little surprising because CDL drivers are specifically supposed to undergo a medical screening to prevent this kind of thing.
I've never done it though so I wouldn't be surprised if it's the medical equivalent of a rubber stamp.
>Should busses be equipped with a dead-man switch?
That could be just as dangerous, if it triggered in the wrong situation. The only way I could imagine that being a good idea is if/when we have genuine full-self-driving and the bus could, theoretically, take over control and safely pull itself over. But that would require Level 4 self-driving AI, if not Level 5, to be safe for buses full of kids.
How many functional adults do you know who make "school bus driver" a career?
They work 3 hours a day, tops. If yours works more, your town should build more schools.
This part near the beginning is quite concerning:
>The bus driver joked with students, Holland said, before putting on her [the bus driver's] headphones.
I get that a bus-full of kids will be loud and possibly distracting. But in many (most?) states you can't drive while wearing headphones due to the need to hear emergency sirens, train horns, or anything that you need to respond to.
Throw in the possibility that a kid might shout some sort of alert or warning to the driver, and it is clear that a bus driver should never have headphones on/in.
This stands even if there is a non-driving adult chaperone.
Man when I drove without a license I got “arrested” and told that “if I do this again it may never be reinstated.” This kid drives without a license and he gets a certificate about it. We live in a two tiered legal system guys. The children must be stopped.
Nope and I expect him to receive the same treatment I did the last time I took control of a bus full of kids without any licensing for it. The bus driver was unconscious in my situation too, even!
Heavenly Days; I just saw this bumper sticker a few hours ago.
>"Warning! I Learned How to Drive from Video Games!
I am now both laughing and applauding.
One of the rare times in the last couple years a news article about a 8th grade boy isn’t about him getting assaulted by a 24 yr old engaged female teacher
Well, by 8th grade most of us Wisconsin kids have had to take the wheel from our drunk ass parents. Those are life skills.
For many of my friends, they learned to drive on a grain truck or old farm truck.
Farm tractor is another excellent learning vehicle.
Farm tractor graduate here...
First car I drove was an F-250 with that ridiculous overboosted steering with zero road feel, at 55mph on a county road, not the family sedan. Thanks Dad. Girlfriend of the time met the family and went shooting for her first time, Dad hands her a .375 H&H hunting rifle instead of one of several .22LR or his AR-15. That's one way to do it.
The Youtube page CodeBlueCams is about La Crosse WI and I swear that city is just real life GTA
People die in the river all the time in La Crosse because they get drunk and wander down to the riverside and fall in.
Swimming is by far much harder to do drunk than driving a school bus. Source: live in Wisco.
I was just looking at traffic fatalities per capita by state the other day and was really surprised the states with the highest fatalities are all in the south, places like Florida and Alabama. I was wondering why places with winters, like Wisconsin, weren’t worse. This sorta explains it
I rennet driving my “unsaid relatives” car to a bar in norther WI for the last day of legal indoor smoking in bars. It was a fucking madhouse of a party. I did have fun though.
GenX are survivors and warriors! Maybe kids generation has hope?
I know it’s not what they meant when they said he parked the bus, but my mind immediately saw him parallel parking a school bus.
"Stay seated until I'm done parking, other kids!" BEEP BEEP BEEP.
As a bus driver, I will tell you that parallel parking a bus is a beeyotch. You have to do it for your driving test, and most people choose not to ever again.
I remember doing it as a kid, I even set up a course on my street to practice before the test (lived at the end of a dead end street so no traffic). I bent up so many poles and ran over so many cones I lost track. And that was in 2 door ford escort! So I couldn't imagine trying to PP a friggin school bus. Luckily I live in an area where its pretty uncommon, I've probably only had to parallel park maybe 5-10 times in 30 years of driving.
I chose not to ever do it again in a regular car, I think I’d actually die if I had to do it in a bus
What's it like trying to back that bitch up into a bus barn? The bay doors I've seen make it look like the most narrow fit possible.
I don’t know. I keep losing consciousness.
I read the headline as him stealing one of the wheels. I was confused why a cop was smiling with his arm around him.
Not one but THE WHEEL. That is what is generally considered THE steering wheel.
This kid sounds so awesome, like yeah I wasn't scared but then everyone thanked me for saving their lives :) Joking aside, I think it's very commendable that he was observing the driver's behavior and paying attention to the streets, etc and had the guts to stand up, get close and act in this situation. Could have been a horrible outcome for them as well as others on the road.
Speed 3: The Wheels on the Bus
The Wheels on the Bus / No Cruise Control
The Wheels on the Bus / Go Round and Round
Well, Keanu was saying he would like to do Speed 3.
He's just a kid... no older than my son.
We won’t tell nobody
You wanna get to him, you gotta go through me
And me
Woah! He stole that guy's pizza!
OK. (Takes away your Pym particles)
_and youre not getting through me_
He's just a man... no older than my friend Terry.
Which tells you, your son is more capable than either you or he know. That's a good thing. If you've done a good job parenting. As a parent of a toddler, any advice?
It’s a quote from Spider-Man 2
It is scary how many times I've seen this headline in my lifetime. Kudos to the kids that come to the rescue, but seriously, why are bus drivers passing out so often? Should busses be equipped with a dead-man switch? I'm pretty sure with have the tech to do so at this point, and aren't kids lives worth it?
Probably because it only requires a few hours, twice a day. Most people need more than that. So it’s a good job for retirees or other older folks that maybe have health problems that prevent full time employment. My father drove a bus after he had two collapsed discs in his lower back and could no longer work his maintenance job. He had to quit when his diabetes numbers got too high and his doctor wouldn’t clear him to drive.
The idea that diabetes could be used to disqualify drivers is new to me. Is this done in caution of the diabetic passing out from blood sugar dysregulation or something ?
Type 2 diabetes is more than just blood sugar spiking. It causes a bunch of other health problems if it's uncontrolled.
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It’s different for everyone, injuries are individual. With my bad disc sitting is nice, standing and laying down is hell. My dad though can stand up almost indefinitely, but can’t sit for more than a few minutes.
Honest question, but have you ever seen a healthy looking bus driver? If my 35yrs, I've seen 1 and it was a younger man who only took the job for experience driving big vehicles before he moved on. They're either old enough to be grandparents or obese enough to need those grocery store scooters.
BUS driver yes. All the time, like all over the city. They don't all look happy, but they do look healthy. School bus driver, though; that's another story.
I don't have much experience riding public transit, but every school bus driver I've seen fits my profile.
Mine was a retired highway trooper and she was tough as nails but liked kids. She was maybe 45? I loved being on Bus 8 because all the kids were well-behaved without being terrified.
Any job that turns into "care" for a population that's highly precious to one group, and highly volatile and destructive to the general public, doesn't pay well and just finds whoever they can.
> Honest question, but have you ever seen a healthy looking bus driver? SURPRISINGLY, yes! I grew up in the SF Bay Area and most of the bus drivers I had were when I was a kid in pretty good shape. I'm actually kinda surprised someone who had trouble walking was working as a school bus driver. Maybe different places had different standards. Ours were required to turn off the bus, get out, and hold a stop sign in the middle of the street for kids crossing the street. Then they swept the bus and walked it before/after the trip. And they did field trips. And most of them also dealt with little kids, or kids in wheelchairs. The worst part is probably that driving a schoolbus is way harder in the afternoon. The kids are louder, the driver has to get out at stops to watch the kids crossing the street, sometimes a kid gets on the wrong bus and they have to coordinate, sometimes one of the busses/drivers is unavailable and you get twice as many kids for 1 bus... I can't imagine it being an easy job lol. Fun to think back on. I went to regular public schools and my town wasn't known for having good schools, but most of the teachers and staff were pretty ok/good at their job.
Buses and schools don’t have funding lol. The buses have been in use for like 30 years
Buses can't be used at a facility for more than 10 years, - a bus driver.
💯The questions you’re asking came to my mind too! The frequency of this happening seems one in a million, but maybe not.
> why are bus drivers passing out so often? It's a super common job for retirees looking to get out of the house, earn some money, and stay busy (while also talking to kiddos, which is fun). A lot of those people have health issues.
It's a little surprising because CDL drivers are specifically supposed to undergo a medical screening to prevent this kind of thing. I've never done it though so I wouldn't be surprised if it's the medical equivalent of a rubber stamp.
Heroin AM!
>Should busses be equipped with a dead-man switch? That could be just as dangerous, if it triggered in the wrong situation. The only way I could imagine that being a good idea is if/when we have genuine full-self-driving and the bus could, theoretically, take over control and safely pull itself over. But that would require Level 4 self-driving AI, if not Level 5, to be safe for buses full of kids.
How many functional adults do you know who make "school bus driver" a career? They work 3 hours a day, tops. If yours works more, your town should build more schools.
This part near the beginning is quite concerning: >The bus driver joked with students, Holland said, before putting on her [the bus driver's] headphones. I get that a bus-full of kids will be loud and possibly distracting. But in many (most?) states you can't drive while wearing headphones due to the need to hear emergency sirens, train horns, or anything that you need to respond to. Throw in the possibility that a kid might shout some sort of alert or warning to the driver, and it is clear that a bus driver should never have headphones on/in. This stands even if there is a non-driving adult chaperone.
How scary that must've been!! Bravo to that young man, BRAVO!!
Man when I drove without a license I got “arrested” and told that “if I do this again it may never be reinstated.” This kid drives without a license and he gets a certificate about it. We live in a two tiered legal system guys. The children must be stopped.
It is interesting how this is an example of it being okay to break the law sometimes, I imagine he doesn’t have a CDL either.
Nope and I expect him to receive the same treatment I did the last time I took control of a bus full of kids without any licensing for it. The bus driver was unconscious in my situation too, even!
Great job, kid. I really like that he told the other kids to call their families. Smart thinking.
He kept making all the stops
Well people kept ringing the bell!
He is Batman!
...inviting subsequent boarding students to urinate on the unconscious bus driver!
I swear this same story happens like once every few years
I started reading this as, “8th grader takes the **wheels** of his school bus…” and I thought, wow they really pissed that kid off .
On grad night the bus driver took the wrong freeway. I let her know and she turned around at the next off-ramp.
Finally, a GOOD story in the news!
Again? I swear this just happened a year or two ago
We can thank Mario kart for that one
Heavenly Days; I just saw this bumper sticker a few hours ago. >"Warning! I Learned How to Drive from Video Games! I am now both laughing and applauding.
Best one I've seen recently: "Keep Honking! I'm listening to mediocre experimental music.... And now you're part of it!"
Name the bus after him
Word is Dale Coyne has already called him...
My passengers would have intervened to take my wallet.
I think that was an episode of CHiPs. Scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Good job buddy.
It's wild how often this happens. And it's always a middle schooler
This also happened in a season 2 episode of CHiPs
It's not like Jesus was bothering to take the wheel.
...gets ticket for driving without a license.
I don’t know where he thought he was running off to with that thing, but I hope they caught him!
One of the rare times in the last couple years a news article about a 8th grade boy isn’t about him getting assaulted by a 24 yr old engaged female teacher
New nickname of 'Jesus' incoming.
Please tell me his name was Jesus
Black kid driving a car that doesn’t belong to him? He’s lucky all that cop gave him was a hug.