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March_Latter t1_iy7ywgq wrote

I have seen bus safety evolve from nothing to where we are today. Did kids get run over in my day? Yes. Do kids get run over today? Yes.

The thought behind the under check is they think a child could fall there and not be seen...but of course the monitor was there to make sure that did not happen so why look. Because parents are involved and no matter how well you explain that given a million chances a day for 180 days a year an accident will occur. So we bring safety beyond the absurd and when it goes wrong parents still want someone to blame while odds are sooner or later it had to happen.

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degggendorf t1_iy81azx wrote

> Do kids get run over today? Yes.

Have there been incidents since monitors were added?

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March_Latter t1_iy831gp wrote

Yes. Look it up online. Not in RI/MA but odds will swing our way at some point. It just takes two errors really. The bus driver is watching the kids. The kid runs back for his bag when the bus monitor is climbing the stairs to the bus. The point is you can do a thousand things to create better safety but at some point the answers run out.

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degggendorf t1_iy83aqi wrote

> Not in RI/MA

Isn't that the point? I wasn't thinking that RI having bus monitors would stop accidents in Arkansas.

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March_Latter t1_iy863u7 wrote

Arkansas I assume also has bus monitors, like pretty much every other state. Do you see the point now?

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degggendorf t1_iy882hk wrote

No, not really.

I see you saying that kids still get run over, then saying it hasn't happened in RI, then guessing about other what happens in other states. All I was asking was to see your source for saying that monitors don't do anything. Surely you read something about kids still getting run over despite monitors and that's what you're basing your opinion on and not just pulling it out of your ass, right? Because that would be silly.

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FourAM t1_iy84uma wrote

Absurd? Ok Buddy, you’re just looking for something to be angry about.

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March_Latter t1_iy868jx wrote

Are you trying to buy an argument? That's a different section but if you go to social issues you can also find abuse if needed.

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