Comments on: The School Bus Mystery

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:05:11 +0000

It doesn’t make any sense to me, either. Apparently Washington state is starting to phase in seatbelt-equipped buses. According to my aunt, the problem with the belt-ready buses is that the seat back are so high she can’t see the kids. So now I’m not sure which side of the issue I’m on. Do I want my daughter more protected in the highly unlikely event of an accident (especially in my district) or do I want her to be supervised by the bus driver? It seems like a catch-22 to me.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:29:43 +0000

I’ve always wondered that. And in response to the person who said that school buses (?) travel slowly: in high school we were bussed/bused to our volleyball and softball games and tournaments and we traveled on the freeway…so we weren’t going slowly, but we were unrestrained passengers. And what about field trips?! SAFE!

By: patois

patois — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:50:23 +0000

It never ceases to stop disturbing me, seeing kids on school buses without seatbelts. (It also disturbs me seeing signs about “Busses” when that means “kisses.” “Buses” is the plural of bus. However, it doesn’t disturb me as much as the former.)

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:01:15 +0000

Remember when we were 7 & worried about REAL mysteries on the school bus?

By: LifeAsIKnowIt

LifeAsIKnowIt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:54:59 +0000

I dunno, but I’m learning a lot from the comments on here. My son has ridden the school bus for two years and has been very safe…I think I will worry more when they start going on field trips on highways.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:59:57 +0000

Several years ago, my younger brother broke his nose when the bus driver slammed on his breaks. Bus driver decided that was the best way to get kids to behave. My brother broke his nose, another kid broke his arm, and a couple of kids ended up with stiches. Bus driver didn’t even get reprimanded!

By: Suniverse

Suniverse — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:17:51 +0000

I know it’s not busses, which, as noted earlier, means kisses. How do I know? Because I am a language dork AND my school system has BUSSES spray painted in the bus area at each and every school, and every time I see it, it makes me want to punch people.

Thank god school is over in 2 days.

And I have no idea why kids can careen around like popcorn on a giant bus. My kid has slid off of more than one bus seat. Safety first, right?

By: TwoBusy

TwoBusy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:20:10 +0000

The plural of bus is bus. It’s like deer, moose and archaeopteryx.

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:11:08 +0000

been asking that question forever. By forever, I mean since my kids were small, but back then I was radical (according to my mother in law) for putting them in car seats.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:54:31 +0000

I am in Australia and our school buses have seatbelts. But I still drive my 3 kids to school. Funny that.