Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Going Green ??????????????


I love kids. I am very careful around kids. I always obey driving rules when near schools.  You might say that I am especially watchful around school bus stops and the bus itself.  OK, so lets discuss a little about the laws pertaining to a school bus and the areas around schools.
     We all know that familiar yellow colored painted school bus and the blinking lights and stop signs that seem to come out of the side of the bus.  We are all trained to slow down to 20 MPH when the flashing yellow light is flashing around a school.  We all do that automatically.  We also know how expensive the fine is for not adhering to this, which is probably the reason we do drive at 20 mph. We are also programed to stop behind a school bus when it's red lights are blinking away. ( aside from this being the law )
      I know that I do all of the above and am extremely careful because of the precious cargo of kids that are being transported either home or too school that seems to be that school bus in front of me.  I look around all the time to make sure that other drivers are doing the same.  Sort of like a private bus police officer.  All of you reading this are probably saying , "I do the same thing".  Great, and I personally thank you all.
     Now comes the part that I am not very happy about.  Why the fuck do most of these school bus's have the biggest pollution problems I have ever seen ?  Why is there black smoke and smelly fumes coming out the exhaust on every bus that I seem to get behind ?  Why am I so careful about these kids and the driver of this bus, when they are trying to kill me ?  If you and I are so careful about the safety of these children and do everything possible because it is mandated by law for the well being of these kids..........................................Well..................Why doesn't the damn bus companies do something for the rest of the drivers ?????????????  Why aren't they forced to correct these problems ??? Why aren't they forced to drive 200 feet in front of me so I don't die from these fumes ?  Better yet ......why is this going on ????????  I get the urge to pass that red stop sign in that 20 mph zone, pull up next to the driver, and put a bullet in his head........ I really seem to blame the driver for this.  Of course I won't do this because of the kids, but is this right??????????
     This is just not right.

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