the result of waving kids across the road
15-11-2008, 07:57 PM
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just waved her across into oncoming trafic ...she was hit by a 4x4 doing no sless than 15mph...im not going to post the pic of hear head..is that a good enough reason not to wave kids kids across the road
15-11-2008, 08:08 PM
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Is it not part of the driving test - do not wave people or other
motorists across the road & put them in danger of other road
users?
Thats disgusting that a professional driver could put a child through
that.
Feel for your daughter & your family.
motorists across the road & put them in danger of other road
users?
Thats disgusting that a professional driver could put a child through
that.
Feel for your daughter & your family.
15-11-2008, 09:45 PM
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15-11-2008, 09:50 PM
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drilled home to all bus drivers when they used to join a new company or take their tests etc
perhaps he thought he was doing her a favour
hope she gets better soon
16-11-2008, 12:11 AM
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just to let u know she is fine it was a few months ago..i just wanted to say somthing and make people aware of what can happen..oh and the bus driver didnt get nothing
16-11-2008, 12:41 AM
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surely its also down to the pedestrian to use there eyes to check for traffic before crossing? Only tonight i saw an old lady trying to cross a busy road, i stopped she crossed, i think there would be more chance of her being hit if i hadn't stopped as ever car had to dodge her as she was in the middle of the road.
16-11-2008, 12:48 AM
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Glad shes ok, but Shes 11 and should have looked before stepping out beyond the bus. We all make mistakes and it was a mistake on 2 parts that led to her accident, one the bus driver waving and most importantly her not looking/judging the vehicle that hit her.
People wave accross the road all the time but you still look. All waving across the road means to me is that the car waving me over aint going to run me down, but it doesnt mean other cars wont!!
A bit harsh yes, but i bet she wont make the same mistake again.
People wave accross the road all the time but you still look. All waving across the road means to me is that the car waving me over aint going to run me down, but it doesnt mean other cars wont!!
A bit harsh yes, but i bet she wont make the same mistake again.
16-11-2008, 12:55 AM
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Glad shes ok, but Shes 11 and should have looked before stepping out beyond the bus. We all make mistakes and it was a mistake on 2 parts that led to her accident, one the bus driver waving and most importantly her not looking/judging the vehicle that hit her.
People wave accross the road all the time but you still look. All waving across the road means to me is that the car waving me over aint going to run me down, but it doesnt mean other cars wont!!
A bit harsh yes, but i bet she wont make the same mistake again.
People wave accross the road all the time but you still look. All waving across the road means to me is that the car waving me over aint going to run me down, but it doesnt mean other cars wont!!
A bit harsh yes, but i bet she wont make the same mistake again.
...I would say it is your sisters fault i'm afraid mate
, but I hope she makes a speedy recovery. 
16-11-2008, 01:07 AM
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I thought they taught kids how to cross roads way back in first couple of years at primary schools??? Maybe its a side effect of driving kids to school and general "cotton wool" mentality with child safety meaning kids just dont learn common sense and self preservation like they used to.
16-11-2008, 08:43 AM
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to be fair an 11 year old isnt going to be fully aware of the ways of the roads so when a bus stops and an adult waves her across she probably wouldnt be thinking of any other possible dangers.
16-11-2008, 09:33 AM
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Not nice what happened to your little sis, but how can u be mad at the bus driver.
Yes it can be dangerous to wave people on, but she still ultimatly took the decision to cross.
Id like to think most 11 year olds have a basic concept of danger.
The 4x4 driver you should be angry at if anyone, but then again if he wernt speeding, it was simply a very bad mistake on ur sisters part!
16-11-2008, 09:53 PM
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I agree
Not nice what happened to your little sis, but how can u be mad at the bus driver.
Yes it can be dangerous to wave people on, but she still ultimatly took the decision to cross.
Id like to think most 11 year olds have a basic concept of danger.
The 4x4 driver you should be angry at if anyone, but then again if he wernt speeding, it was simply a very bad mistake on ur sisters part!
Not nice what happened to your little sis, but how can u be mad at the bus driver.
Yes it can be dangerous to wave people on, but she still ultimatly took the decision to cross.
Id like to think most 11 year olds have a basic concept of danger.
The 4x4 driver you should be angry at if anyone, but then again if he wernt speeding, it was simply a very bad mistake on ur sisters part!
16-11-2008, 10:08 PM
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Your thinking emotionally NOT rationally.
I suspect hundreds of thousands get waved across a road everyday without being injured.
Get some perspective of the situation rather than looking blinkered purely because its family.
Yeah sure your upset but bigger picture!
Would you still be pissed at the bus driver if hed just stopped in road and she walked anyway????
Or would you argue that the bus driver stopping "implied it was ok to cross"????
I suspect hundreds of thousands get waved across a road everyday without being injured.
Get some perspective of the situation rather than looking blinkered purely because its family.
Yeah sure your upset but bigger picture!
Would you still be pissed at the bus driver if hed just stopped in road and she walked anyway????
Or would you argue that the bus driver stopping "implied it was ok to cross"????
16-11-2008, 10:08 PM
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Your thinking emotionally NOT rationally.
I suspect hundreds of thousands get waved across a road everyday without being injured.
Get some perspective of the situation rather than looking blinkered purely because its family.
Yeah sure your upset but bigger picture!
Would you still be pissed at the bus driver if hed just stopped in road and she walked anyway????
Or would you argue that the bus driver stopping "implied it was ok to cross"????
I suspect hundreds of thousands get waved across a road everyday without being injured.
Get some perspective of the situation rather than looking blinkered purely because its family.
Yeah sure your upset but bigger picture!
Would you still be pissed at the bus driver if hed just stopped in road and she walked anyway????
Or would you argue that the bus driver stopping "implied it was ok to cross"????
16-11-2008, 10:21 PM
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its not a quention of if's nd buts its happend and nothing can chnge the fact she going to have a slight limp probaly forever because a bus driver informed her it was safe to cross ...i hope u know where im coming from. kids have no sense of life and death there fearless they dont understand consiquenses!!
16-11-2008, 10:37 PM
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the bus driver did not inform her to cross the WHOLE road. His intended signal was to show her HE and HE only had stopped to allow her to cross. Still her responsibility to check the other traffic.
I got run over at 8 walking out from a van without looking, but luckily no permenant damage. Even then i knew it was my fault.
Even if he had not of waved, she may have hesistated a little then crossed anyway when it was clear he stopped for her. It was an accident at th end of the day.
I got run over at 8 walking out from a van without looking, but luckily no permenant damage. Even then i knew it was my fault.
Even if he had not of waved, she may have hesistated a little then crossed anyway when it was clear he stopped for her. It was an accident at th end of the day.
16-11-2008, 10:37 PM
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the bus driver did not inform her to cross the WHOLE road. His intended signal was to show her HE and HE only had stopped to allow her to cross. Still her responsibility to check the other traffic.
I got run over at 8 walking out from a van without looking, but luckily no permenant damage. Even then i knew it was my fault.
Even if he had not of waved, she may have hesistated a little then crossed anyway when it was clear he stopped for her. It was an accident at th end of the day.
I got run over at 8 walking out from a van without looking, but luckily no permenant damage. Even then i knew it was my fault.
Even if he had not of waved, she may have hesistated a little then crossed anyway when it was clear he stopped for her. It was an accident at th end of the day.
17-11-2008, 07:01 AM
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If you didnt want an opinion then why the hell are you posting on a public forum.
Of course you going to get the "oh sorry to hear" suff, but if u read back about half of the posts are saying although the bus driver maybe shouldnt have waved her he is buy no means responsible for what happened.
As warren says, Its understandable, it was your little sis and a horrible thing to have happened, but from an outside point of view its a different picture.
My point exactly
17-11-2008, 07:54 AM
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be thankfull she can walk with a limp, if the 4x4 had hit her harder she might have been dead
and if the bus had hit her there m ight not have been enough of her left to identify
for sure i'd be pissed off with the bus driver as well, but it's a lesson she will never forget and i bet the school she goes to will also be thinking about road safety much more frquently, you never know, make it into a big enough story and the council might take an intrest into what elvels of safety there are for all padestrians, even if they bring back proper crossing and have it in the school iciculum on how to be safe on the roads it's going to be a damn sight better than you going to jail for lamping the bus driver
and if the bus had hit her there m ight not have been enough of her left to identify
for sure i'd be pissed off with the bus driver as well, but it's a lesson she will never forget and i bet the school she goes to will also be thinking about road safety much more frquently, you never know, make it into a big enough story and the council might take an intrest into what elvels of safety there are for all padestrians, even if they bring back proper crossing and have it in the school iciculum on how to be safe on the roads it's going to be a damn sight better than you going to jail for lamping the bus driver
17-11-2008, 08:37 AM
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its not a quention of if's nd buts its happend and nothing can chnge the fact she going to have a slight limp probaly forever because a bus driver informed her it was safe to cross ...i hope u know where im coming from. kids have no sense of life and death there fearless they dont understand consiquenses!!
No need to vent your anger just because people see it in a completely different light to you.
It's a simple mistake that the driver presumed she would check the other side of the carriageway prior to crossing. It's a Life Lesson she has learnt isn't it and she will certainly be following the green cross code from now on. I also doubt the bus driver will attempt to be so kind again.
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Sorry to hear about your sis
End of the day though its the same scenario if a car flashes you out of a junction - do you take that as a "the road is clear" or do you check the other way first to make sure its clear? I sure as hell do cos many a time has somebody flashed me out when theres a car coming from the other direction also....
End of the day though its the same scenario if a car flashes you out of a junction - do you take that as a "the road is clear" or do you check the other way first to make sure its clear? I sure as hell do cos many a time has somebody flashed me out when theres a car coming from the other direction also....
17-11-2008, 09:21 AM
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i can understand why your pissed off about it but im sure the bus driver let her cross with good intention.i cant imagine he did it to be a cunt im sure at the time he thought he was helping her out. accidents happen im affraid glad shes making a recovery could of been worse but imo it was an unfortunate accident
17-11-2008, 10:06 AM
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Sorry to hear about your sis
End of the day though its the same scenario if a car flashes you out of a junction - do you take that as a "the road is clear" or do you check the other way first to make sure its clear? I sure as hell do cos many a time has somebody flashed me out when theres a car coming from the other direction also....
End of the day though its the same scenario if a car flashes you out of a junction - do you take that as a "the road is clear" or do you check the other way first to make sure its clear? I sure as hell do cos many a time has somebody flashed me out when theres a car coming from the other direction also....
plenty of people flash to let you cross a juntion, same as they flash to say thank you
17-11-2008, 12:12 PM
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17-11-2008, 12:26 PM
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to wish harm upon the bus driver is terrible IMHO.
yes the situation is shit, but using that bus driver as an outlet for your anger and wanting to actually beat the shit out of him?
yes the situation is shit, but using that bus driver as an outlet for your anger and wanting to actually beat the shit out of him?
17-11-2008, 12:36 PM
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Surely there must be road safety videos for kids these days.
17-11-2008, 01:04 PM
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17-11-2008, 01:48 PM
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you either wrap them up in cotton wool until they are old enough to know better
or
you take them to a mourtuary when they are small and shock the shit out of them with dead people
you can only do so much in front of a computer as unless you atacth electrical wires to their tender portions, they won't know the difference between whats fake and whats real, and seeing as there are enough dead teenagers out on the streets as it is, it's a very hard decision t make
or
you take them to a mourtuary when they are small and shock the shit out of them with dead people
you can only do so much in front of a computer as unless you atacth electrical wires to their tender portions, they won't know the difference between whats fake and whats real, and seeing as there are enough dead teenagers out on the streets as it is, it's a very hard decision t make
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