A company that sells cameras to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses wants to turn them into license plate readers.
  • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
    47·
    29 days ago

    I don’t doubt it. I drove a school bus for three years. The companies don’t give a fuck about anything but money.

    Your route is literally impossible to do because of the laws of physics? Tough shit. Routes go over an hour and a kid has to pee? Let them pee their pants. Also, we’re going to pay you minimum wage while being responsible for a heavy vehicle carrying 30+ children in rush hour traffic. These are the problems drivers face. Its why they have like 300% turnover.

    • AzuranAurora@piefed.caEnglish
      10·
      29 days ago

      Oh, and we hope you like getting sick all the time because kids are disgusting and the bus is a giant petri dish on wheels!

      • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        29 days ago

        Actually I found that I stopped getting sick. I guess being exposed to everything in small doses every day strengthened my immune system. 🤷‍♂️

        • AzuranAurora@piefed.caEnglish
          3·
          29 days ago

          My dad wasn’t so lucky when he drove a school bus. He was always sick with whatever the kids brought in and said it was the worst, most boring, most miserable job he’s ever done. Worse than driving a taxi for an extremely sleazy guy who later went to prison.

          • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
            5·
            29 days ago

            I actually didn’t mind the job part of the job. I thought I would hate having my cargo talk to me, but the kids were alright. It was the low pay and management’s bullshit that made it awful.

  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    29 days ago

    Red mayor promises tax cuts.

    Those cuts come directly from public education.

    2 years later they realize they can’t afford to run the schools after tax cuts.

    Pushes emergency levee or threatens to cut school bussing.

    Rinse repeat

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        29 days ago

        I was referencing that my local schools got rid of buses several rounds of austerity ago in favor of free public bus fares for students. And in a more recent round of austerity they also got rid of those. So now it’s drive or get fucked I guess. Gotta teach those kids to support themselves I suppose.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    29 days ago

    Your kids’ school bus

    Look at this journalist, thinking anyone with kids can afford to have more than one.