PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP FOR SCHOOL BUSES!!!!

[actaeon277]

Maybe buses should automatically deploy stop strips (spikes) at all bus stops. I'd be good with that. I'm pretty sure the tire shops would be good with that too.

Or deploy 2 people to face each way in traffic, with rifles.
Rifles might make people think.

 

[HoughMade]

...but that would require people to break away from their fog long enough to see and comprehend the rifles....so no.

 

[actaeon277]

...but that would require people to break away from their fog long enough to see and comprehend the rifles....so no.

Rifles might also fix the problems with people that don't think.

 

[dudley0]

Can they be issued a ticket based on a picture not taken by a LEO?

Yes they can, and yes they do. Not all the buses have the cameras, so the runners won't know until it is too late.

I am not privy to the quality of the pictures. Not sure if they catch the driver or just the plate on the back. Will ask when I can.

 

[VUPDblue]

The camera quality is very high. The ones I have seen can make out the driver easily, provided there are no environmental barriers preventing it.

 

[cbhausen]

We need more of this:

https://www.facebook.com/WJXT4TheLocalStation/videos/331328627678690?sfns=mo

 

[dudley0]

That would be tough for the drivers in the far lane to see the stop arm. Man those two cops are probably still writing the tickets out tho.

 

[Roguelet]

Our school corporation included this in a newsletter that was sent out at the end of the summer:

"Transportation News: The 2019 Indiana General Assembly passed a law addressing student safety and school bus routes. This law requires that when a school bus is operated on a U.S. route or a state route outside of a city or town, students cannot be loaded or unloaded at a location requiring a student to cross the roadway, unless there is no other safe alternative available on the bus route. If the latter is the case, when elementary school students are being loaded or unloaded on the bus, the proposed route must be approved by the school board. This law also provides when a street or highway other than a U.S. or state route is on the bus route, the students must be loaded and unloaded as close to the right hand curb or edge of the road as possible. Our drivers have been working very hard to rework the routes to keep our students safe and to be compliant with this law. This means that your student’s pick up/drop off time may change for next school year. For example, your student may have been one of the first picked up last school year, but may be the last pick up in the fall. These changes must occur in order to keep students from crossing a busy roadway. The length of the regular routes, themselves, should not change, but the time your student is accustomed to being pick up/dropped off will. Afternoon buses may take longer to deliver students home. That varies depending on which students stay for Bonus. Be sure to login to PowerSchool to check for changes to morning and afternoon bus numbers. The new law required several changes to bus assignments. Thank you for your patience and understanding of these changes."

The bus driver that takes care of our location has stops on a particularly nasty stretch of SR 32, and she said people drive past her all the time... makes me REALLY mad.

 

[dudley0]

They made those changes at our school as well. It did increase the drive time I believe. Some students had to change buses so they could get picked up on the correct (safer) side of the road. We are mostly country roads and small towns, but there are a couple highways that they have to contend with.

 

[actaeon277]

https://cltv.com/2019/12/18/indiana...-after-striking-killing-children-at-bus-stop/
She faced 20 years.
She received.. 4 years in prison, 3 years home detention, 3 years probation.



The mother of the children was removed in handcuffs after allegedly lunging at Ms Sheppard.
Charged with misdemeanor battery

 

[HubertGummer]

Seems like a really light sentence considering she killed 3 kids by negligence.

 

[actaeon277]

Seems like a really light sentence considering she killed 3 kids by negligence.

I agree

 

[MrsGungho]

Seems like a really light sentence considering she killed 3 kids by negligence.

no one wins in this situation, no one.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

no one wins in this situation, no one.

I dunno, considering 3 children died and she only served 4 years in prison, it sounds like she won. What a system. Get more time for robbing a bank

 

[actaeon277]

I dunno, considering 3 children died and she only served 4 years in prison, it sounds like she won. What a system. Get more time for robbing a bank

She also has people defending her (Not MrsG).
People saying, "It's not her fault".
YES.
It IS.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

She also has people defending her (Not MrsG).
People saying, "It's not her fault".
YES.
It IS.

People defending her is a perfect example why our country’s in the shape its in. Rewind 30 years and she would be destined for the electric chair, and rightfully so.

 

[Hawkeye]

Social Media FB pages around the Rochester area are filled with lots of nasty, uninformed and frankly ignorant comments. FWIW, I think both sides are a bit unhinged. I think this lady and her family will need to relocate. The mother of the deceased children physically attacked her after the sentencing and was arrested for misdemeanor assault (I think that was the charge) and was led off in handcuffs. I hear she was released during the wee hours of the morning.

Unfortunately, this incident likely will not really change anything. People still ignore the stop arms, busses still stop on the "Wrong" side of the road.

 

[churchmouse]

I can honestly say she got off. Far to easy.
Yes she will need to relocate. 4 years is not enough time for this pain to heal. She could and should be in more trouble.

 

[HoughMade]

...Get more time for robbing a bank

#1 Not always.

#2 Punishment is based both upon results and intent. Horrible results, no intent versus; bad intent and bad, but not as horrible results.

4 years makes sense to me. I don't see what is gained by a longer sentence.

 

[actaeon277]

Social Media FB pages around the Rochester area are filled with lots of nasty, uninformed and frankly ignorant comments. FWIW, I think both sides are a bit unhinged. I think this lady and her family will need to relocate. The mother of the deceased children physically attacked her after the sentencing and was arrested for misdemeanor assault (I think that was the charge) and was led off in handcuffs. I hear she was released during the wee hours of the morning.

Unfortunately, this incident likely will not really change anything. People still ignore the stop arms, busses still stop on the "Wrong" side of the road.

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Charged with misdemeanor battery