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Old 02-23-2014, 10:36 AM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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But at least you would think they'd fit them with seat belts and make them structurally safer. It seems a bit of a contradiction that American parents make their children wear helmets to walk to the corner yet they're OK with them travelling in buses that are deathtraps by today's standards...
Lol what?
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Old 02-23-2014, 10:43 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Lol what?

C'mon now, invincible. He was being generous with his description. We all know you Americans have to wear motocross gear if you are to leave the house.

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Old 02-23-2014, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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They don't usually use them for longer trips. For intercity school trips more than an hour or so they would use motorcoaches in most places.

I wonder if that's normal nowadays. When I was in grade school in the 80's, if we were going somewhere.......it was a plain ol' school bus, no matter what lol
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