Erek_the_Red t1_jbxtxll wrote on March 12, 2023 at 3:44 PM

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There is an ad for Chromebooks here somewhere.

rafe101 t1_jbyc1vq wrote on March 12, 2023 at 5:49 PM

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Yeah, but every bus I've been on in Germany has had red window breaking hammer clipped above the windows. I wonder why none of the students ever noticed them

BaluePeach t1_jbyps36 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 7:24 PM

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“At one point, "the driver stopped in the middle of the road, stood up and said something while pounding his chest and crying," Muniz-Diaz said. "His face was all red. He then kept on driving."

THAT had to be unnerving!

BaluePeach t1_jbyq902 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 7:27 PM

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Replying to rafe101 (#2,215,236)

Having not finished her report, thinking quickly she smashed her school issued cromebook into the glass, magically completing the report that no one could ever read! BRILLIANT!

rafe101 t1_jbyrq64 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 7:38 PM

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Replying to BaluePeach (#2,215,779)

I was wondering just how important the detail that it's school issued is—like, would she have done it if it were her own?

[deleted] t1_jbyzb7g wrote on March 12, 2023 at 8:30 PM

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Jyorin t1_jbz0yui wrote on March 12, 2023 at 8:42 PM

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Replying to rafe101 (#2,215,236)

I know the UK and Germany are different, but when I went to a DoDEA school in the UK, our busses were not the same as the other school busses / busses used in the area. It was many moons ago, but we had a charter bus for high school. But neither our middle school nor high school bus had a little hammer to use, just emergency doors.

I’m assuming theirs didn’t either it they may not have known.

d01100100 t1_jbz4tub wrote on March 12, 2023 at 9:10 PM

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Replying to Jyorin (#2,216,250)

The overturned bus in the article looks more like a charter bus than a commuter or school bus.

rafe101 t1_jbz596w wrote on March 12, 2023 at 9:13 PM

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Replying to Jyorin (#2,216,250)

Looks like a regular charter bus here, too. I'm not sure if there's a regulation about the hammers here. Could be. And maybe none of them ever noticed them or knew what they were. Pretty conspicuous: bright red, hammer-shaped, molded grip with a handguard, ground steel point; I just took it for granted people knew what they were. I think there's usually a decal in the corner with a pictogram showing where you should hit it. It's been a while since I was on a bus

Edit: correcting the autocorrect

katikaboom t1_jbzahh1 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 9:49 PM

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Replying to Jyorin (#2,216,250)

Also went to a DODEA school in the UK in the 90s, they were using charter busses then, too

[deleted] t1_jbzqu8p wrote on March 12, 2023 at 11:49 PM

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Replying to katikaboom (#2,216,669)

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Raumteufel t1_jbzqvrt wrote on March 12, 2023 at 11:49 PM

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Replying to Jyorin (#2,216,250)

Which one? LCHS?

Illustrious_Soft_257 t1_jbzrxal wrote on March 12, 2023 at 11:57 PM

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Ok guys. Time for a pop quiz. How do you escape a bus.

ExtonGuy t1_jbzwwjo wrote on March 13, 2023 at 12:35 AM

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Would have helped if the article mentioned that DODEA = (US) Department of Defense Education Activity, and that the kids were (most likely) Americans.

[deleted] t1_jc0egha wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:54 AM

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Replying to Raumteufel (#2,217,337)

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DreamsAndSchemes t1_jc0eo2s wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:56 AM

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Replying to d01100100 (#2,216,413)

That’s the school buses there. The big yellow school bus isn’t a thing in Germany.

Jyorin t1_jc0esyr wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:57 AM

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Replying to d01100100 (#2,216,413)

Looking at it again, yeah, it looks more like a charter. So it's probably that (unless this is something specific to Germany) it doesn't have an escape aid (hammer).