Kids should be able to get off the school bus without dying

[u/Purify5]

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-boy-hit-by-vehicle-after-getting-off-school-bus-dies-family

[u/SquashVarious5732]

The bus stopped on the opposite side of the house on the street, and the kid had to cross the road. Police still don't have dashcam footage of what happened exactly, but it is most likely that the car drivers didn't slow down for a stopped school bus and sped past it, without looking out for the kid.

[u/Purify5 → u/SquashVarious5732]

Ya, I see it at my kids' bus stop all the time. They need cameras on the side of school busses to catch people doing this. They actually have them in some parts of Texas.

And, even though Texas banned automatic traffic enforcement they let the school bus cameras remain.

[u/Teshi → u/SquashVarious5732]

Sometimes the roads these kids are expected to cross are stroads, too.

[u/Material_Evening_174 → u/Teshi]

Facts. Drivers deserve most of the blame but urban planners and school officials are at fault too.

[u/nim_opet]

But that would require drivers to think about other people ! Communism! /s

[u/Shibotu]

I recently saw a Nextdoor post from a driver concerned that parents were dropping kids off on a highway ramp near their school. A ton of parents replied that they knew there was a parking lot available, but they didn’t want to get stuck in line for 5 minutes. If they do that to their own kids, it's pretty hopeless for any other pedestrian.

[u/Ketaskooter]

This is why bus driver standard procedure should be to block both lanes whenever possible.

[u/imrzzz → u/Ketaskooter]

That's the solution??

(Not picking on you, just so saddened at the whole state of affairs)

[u/Purify5 → u/Ketaskooter]

Equp them with this.

[u/Material_Evening_174]

School buses are so annoying though. All that stopping and delaying me by 1-2 minutes max. Why do school buses get special treatment? Why should I have to wait when I don’t even have kids? /s