On 9/16/2016 7:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Let them walk at least a short distance. I have been stuck behind school
> buses a few times and it is exasperating. I have been stuck behind them
> in the morning when the bus stops, lights flashing and stop arm out...
> no kid. The bus sits there, holding up traffic. Then some kid finally
> comes out of the house, dawdles up the the bus, to a seat, sits down.
> The bus finally turns off its lights, starts to move. It goes two
> driveways down the road and the slow process starts all over again.

The other scenario is the kid in the car. It is 65 degrees, sun is
shining, but mom pulls the car 75 feet down to the road while junior
sits in comfort until the bus comes. After he dawdles out to the bus,
mom backs up to the house again.

>

> If I ran the world the buses would stick to a schedule and the kids
> would be standing by the side of the road waiting for the bus. No
> kids... no stop. On the afternoon run the bus would stop at the
> designated place and if there was no movement from the back of the bus
> within 10 seconds, the lights would go off and the bus would start
> moving again.

Sounds like a plan.