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NFT: What in the world is a 77 YO

Sec 103 : 5/24/2018 6:51 pm
with violations galore doing driving a school bus?
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/77-old-driver-charged-deadly-school-bus-crash-174103100--abc-news-topstories.html
Is this a Coughlin thread?  
Vanzetti : 5/24/2018 6:55 pm : link
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I believe  
kennyd : 5/24/2018 6:58 pm : link
I read that he was being paid $24k/year. You get what you pay for. Unfortunately, people paid for it with their lives. Very sad.
All 3 bus drivers were culpable and idiotic  
spike : 5/24/2018 7:02 pm : link
Just this old man was unlucky and got hit
RE: All 3 bus drivers were culpable and idiotic  
myquealer : 5/24/2018 7:28 pm : link
In comment 13974475 spike said:
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Just this old man was unlucky and got hit


I don't think the other two buses attempted an illegal u-turn. They corrected their missed turn in more sensible, legal ways.
RE: RE: All 3 bus drivers were culpable and idiotic  
bluepepper : 5/24/2018 8:01 pm : link
In comment 13974487 myquealer said:
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In comment 13974475 spike said:


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Just this old man was unlucky and got hit



I don't think the other two buses attempted an illegal u-turn. They corrected their missed turn in more sensible, legal ways.

Did they? Not clear from the article. Possible that they did the illegal U-turn but successfully. I'd be surprised if there wasn't just a follow the leader thing going on which would also explain why they all missed the exit in the first place.
When this first came out  
montanagiant : 5/24/2018 9:54 pm : link
It was reported that the two other buses made their exit that this driver missed which caused him to attempt the idiotic illegal U-Turn
whoever that was on the orig thread  
UESBLUE : 5/24/2018 9:56 pm : link
Denny maybe - called the U Turn. Id imagine the bus company personnel office is now in deep shit...
RE: whoever that was on the orig thread  
Del Shofner : 5/24/2018 10:35 pm : link
In comment 13974599 UESBLUE said:
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Denny maybe - called the U Turn.


That's right, he did.

How you can entrust all those lives to a 77 YO with multiple violations just eludes me. And that the guy tried a U-turn on i-80 with a school bus full of kids ... I really don't have words for him.
It's insane even thinking about making a U-turn  
steve in ky : 5/24/2018 10:43 pm : link
on a interstate while driving a school bus.

I wonder if he thought he would lose his job if he got them there late? What could motivate anyone to even think about attempting that? Just a horrible act; his actions took lives from loved ones when it was so easily avoidable.
Never mind his age ... how can a school bus company  
baadbill : 5/25/2018 7:03 am : link
hire someone to drive kids whose license had been suspended 14 times?
We had a spate of incidents in Albany several years ago  
Bill L : 5/25/2018 8:09 am : link
Where bus drivers at work we’re getting nailed for DUI. Now that’s nuts.
RE: Never mind his age ... how can a school bus company  
steve in ky : 5/25/2018 10:26 pm : link
In comment 13974758 baadbill said:
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hire someone to drive kids whose license had been suspended 14 times?


Not sure that it make much difference, but I did read that most of those suspensions were due to parking tickets.
RE: RE: Never mind his age ... how can a school bus company  
baadbill : 5/26/2018 10:13 am : link
In comment 13975738 steve in ky said:
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In comment 13974758 baadbill said:


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hire someone to drive kids whose license had been suspended 14 times?



Not sure that it make much difference, but I did read that most of those suspensions were due to parking tickets.



I was curious about that ... the stories I read just mentioned the suspensions without any details of the cause... and i think suspensions related to driving offenses versus parking makes a huge difference
RE: RE: Never mind his age ... how can a school bus company  
short lease : 5/28/2018 3:29 am : link
In comment 13975738 steve in ky said:
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In comment 13974758 baadbill said:


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hire someone to drive kids whose license had been suspended 14 times?



Not sure that it make much difference, but I did read that most of those suspensions were due to parking tickets.



I hope they get sued for so much money - it puts them out of business.
Who was the 1st bus driver to make the decision to make an illegal U?  
George from PA : 5/28/2018 4:15 am : link
If this guys was 3rd bus driver "forced" to follow action of the other 2 buses....
Who was the 1st bus driver to make the decision to make an illegal U?  
George from PA : 5/28/2018 4:15 am : link
If this guys was 3rd bus driver "forced" to follow action of the other 2 buses....
Who was the 1st bus driver to make the decision to make an illegal U?  
George from PA : 5/28/2018 4:15 am : link
If this guys was 3rd bus driver "forced" to follow action of the other 2 buses....
Who was the 1st bus driver to make the decision to make an illegal U?  
George from PA : 5/28/2018 4:15 am : link
If this guys was 3rd bus driver "forced" to follow action of the other 2 buses....
RE: Who was the 1st bus driver to make the decision to make an illegal U?  
steve in ky : 5/28/2018 12:06 pm : link
In comment 13976911 George from PA said:
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If this guys was 3rd bus driver "forced" to follow action of the other 2 buses....


Even as a child I was taught the old, "so if your friend jumped off a bridge would you follow " lesson.

He should have known better, and as the driver made his own decisions with regards to safety.

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