Girl dies when hit by a bus in Aldine ISD (Houston: law, dangerous)

[LizzySWW]

You can't count on a kid to stay out of the way of a bus. I think a bus assistant should get off the bus with the kids and walk them to the curb if the student is going to cross in front of the bus.

This was terribly sad.

[MrSykes]

Originally Posted by LizzySWW

You can't count on a kid to stay out of the way of a bus. I think a bus assistant should get off the bus with the kids and walk them to the curb if the student is going to cross in front of the bus.

This was terribly sad.

That's what they have crossing guards for.

[LizzySWW]

Crossing guards are only located near school campuses and don't travel with the busses. What I was saying is that they should have an adult on the bus who escorts students in front of the bus and safely across the street.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by LizzySWW

You can't count on a kid to stay out of the way of a bus. I think a bus assistant should get off the bus with the kids and walk them to the curb if the student is going to cross in front of the bus.

...with 15-year-olds?

[LizzySWW]

Originally Posted by jfre81

...with 15-year-olds?

Yes I meant with all students; with 15 year olds, with 16 year olds, even 17 & 18 year olds. It would have prevented this death, right?

There are plenty of teenagers who aren't paying attention when they get off of the bus. An escort off the bus & across the front of the bus would eliminate drivers running over kids.

I saw this twice in my neighborhood when I was a kid. Both kids lived, one was a teen.

[ShelbyGirl1]

Originally Posted by LizzySWW

Yes I meant with all students; with 15 year olds, with 16 year olds, even 17 & 18 year olds. It would have prevented this death, right?

There are plenty of teenagers who aren't paying attention when they get off of the bus. An escort off the bus & across the front of the bus would eliminate drivers running over kids.

I saw this twice in my neighborhood when I was a kid. Both kids lived, one was a teen.

How about learning responsibility? At 15, kids are having babies, and learning how to drive and you want someone to hold their hand crossing the street?

[LizzySWW]

Originally Posted by ShelbyGirl1

How about learning responsibility? At 15, kids are having babies, and learning how to drive and you want someone to hold their hand crossing the street?

Ok, jfre & shelby......It was just my idea. Gee!

[karuna95]

Originally Posted by jfre81

You know, before I started riding the bus to school I was taught not to cross a street in front of a bus.

I guess bus drivers (who cannot see a small child crossing immediately in front of a bus) are supposed to explain this to the kids now instead of their parents. Nobody I knew got hit by any buses.

And I was told that you're supposed to cross the street in front of the bus. Which is why buses have those little stop signs attached to their front like fish fins, and why car drivers are not supposed to pass a bus when the fins are extended -- because a kid may be crossing the street. Or maybe our bus driver just didn't like us

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by LizzySWW

Yes I meant with all students; with 15 year olds, with 16 year olds, even 17 & 18 year olds. It would have prevented this death, right?

What about the 19-year-olds who flunked and are still in high school. Do we draw the line there?

Maybe we'll go in and hold their hands as they do their job interviews too.

[catfancier]

Originally Posted by karuna95

And I was told that you're supposed to cross the street in front of the bus. Which is why buses have those little stop signs attached to their front like fish fins, and why car drivers are not supposed to pass a bus when the fins are extended -- because a kid may be crossing the street. Or maybe our bus driver just didn't like us

Sort of related...I have a question for drivers when the schoolbus is on the road.. There are a lot of "divided" streets in Houston (you know, with a landscaped median between the two directions.) If the schoolbus is on the OTHER side of the divide from you when it's stopped and letting kids off, are you still supposed to stop your car??? I have heard different answers on this. I had to make a choice recently on this issue -- and chose to stop, but I got a beep from the car behind me.

What is the law here?? Thanks!