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^^ Indeed also the system is made so that the Highschoolers can make it home before the younger kids do. They way they can babysit etc. The system as is is as good as it's gonna get. It's a shame this accident happened.
If there are enough buses for everyone, it's not a problem to pull it off.
Also, not all school districts in this country provide school bus services to all students, so it's difficult to compare start times as a function of school buses from state to state and disctrict to disctrict.
It has been proven that teenagers are not at their best ability to learn early in the morning.
Although all 4 of mine have graduated, I remember those mornings of trying to get them out of bed. And with such an early start, they had to be up at 6:00 AM to get dressed and ready to leave at 7 AM. Hubby dropped them off since he drove by their schools. If he didn't, the bus would come at 6:30!
And yes, they'd get home at 2:30...wayyyyy to early, in my opinion! I would have loved them to go to school from 9 AM to 4 PM (oh wait, that is what WE did years ago!).
Oh well, wishing won't get it changed AND now that my kids have graduated...I sleep later than most of y'all anyway!!!
Agreed. It was a tragic accident. They happen. It has nothing to do with how early it was.
I have seen way too many posts that say that it was an error by the child to have crossed the road without checking the traffic!!! I feel this view is very narrow view! What are the other factors that could have avoided this ???
Would the girl been more attentive if it was NOT DARK ??
Would the driver been more attentive and prevented this accident if it was NOT DARK ?? Usually drivers can anticipate and take precaution, but in dark it is not possible! How many time we have stopped our cars for a deer/duck to cross the road in day time and have hit them in night ?
We should analyse all the factors that led to this tragic incident. We have so many preventive measures in cars, at home and everywhere to avoid a human error (to err is human)! So, the point I am trying to make is, if it was an human error, how we could avoid it, if possible! ( and one thought is let's not make kids walk on busy roads during dark hours)
I have seen way too many posts that say that it was an error by the child to have crossed the road without checking the traffic!!! I feel this view is very narrow view! What are the other factors that could have avoided this ???
How is that a narrow view? It's logical to say that if a child jumps out into the street without paying attention to their surroundings, regardless of light, they assume a greater risk of being hit by a car. That is why we parents teach our kids to stop, look both ways, and then cross when they deem it safe. We teach our kids to do this at any time of day. We don't say to our kids "Hey, only pay attention to your surroundings when it's dark out. But during the day, it's not as big of a deal." Of course we don't. That would be ridiculous. Because we know that accidents can happen at any time of day!
The driver was not speeding. The bus had not come to a complete stop. The child darted out into the road before she should have, and did not pay attention to her surroundings. It could have happened at any time. In fact, it does:
Children don't often pay attention to their surroundings. That is why it's up to us as parents to constantly enforce that safety around roads is so important.
I have seen way too many posts that say that it was an error by the child to have crossed the road without checking the traffic!!! I feel this view is very narrow view! What are the other factors that could have avoided this ???
Would the girl been more attentive if it was NOT DARK ??
Would the driver been more attentive and prevented this accident if it was NOT DARK ?? Usually drivers can anticipate and take precaution, but in dark it is not possible! How many time we have stopped our cars for a deer/duck to cross the road in day time and have hit them in night ?
We should analyse all the factors that led to this tragic incident. We have so many preventive measures in cars, at home and everywhere to avoid a human error (to err is human)! So, the point I am trying to make is, if it was an human error, how we could avoid it, if possible! ( and one thought is let's not make kids walk on busy roads during dark hours)
Sorry, I totally disagree with this. I have headlights on my car and have never hit anything, dark or light out. People can and do drive in the dark without hitting things. Kids have been hit in broad daylight too. I don't think darkness is the reason for the accident.
Personally I would like to see WCPSS try to create routes where students don't have to cross roads to get on the bus even if that means occassioanlly backtracking or turning around.
Wouldnt in the dark actually be easier to see cars coming down the road providing they are driving with their head lights on.
However I have seen a lot of cars driving with out head lights during dawn and dusk.
Tragic accident but responsibility lies with parent in teaching the child on road safety.
There is no reason for a child to cross a road before a bus arrives no matter what time of day it is until the bus comes and its red flashing lights and stop arm will more than likely stop traffic so a kid can cross the road safely.
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