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Re: BREAKING: SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN MT. OLIVE

Posted by MainR3664 on Fri May 25 07:06:46 2018, in response to Re: BREAKING: SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN MT. OLIVE, posted by Joe V on Thu May 24 14:07:53 2018.

That's kinda what I'm getting at. I'm all in favor of reasonable design changes that will make things better. School buses look very top-heavy to me, and when they make turns or go over even slight bumps, I see a lot of bouncing. Transit (and coach) buses, whether low or high floor, seem to do a lot less of that. But others have stated that school buses are intentionally higher, to minimize injuries resulting from ordinary under-run accidents.

But these differences between school and transit buses just trade one set of risks for another. And, since transit buses seem both more stable and more sturdy, and since a lot of kids ride on them as well, that might be the better way to go.

However, as I'm sure most of us know, a loaded dump truck hitting a bus, whether it's the old "Superior" I rode in 1974, a Fishbowl, Old Look, RTS or Orion, will be a disaster no matter what. The fault lies with this dumbass driver who decided to use the U-Turn. There's a REASON why those are marked "authorized use only".

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