A few weeks ago we were behind a school bus, and I mentioned to my wife @countrylover that I didn't think it right that certain vehicles have different status than other vehicles. Why don't box trucks have these extra lights and abilities?
I am a firm believer in "anarchy" which is not the "chaos" that the main-stream media tries to associate it with; rather, it breaks down to "an-archy" meaning "no rulers" just as "mon-archy" means "one ruler". What "mon-archy" means is that there is one person who rules, who is above the rules, and cannot face consequences of their actions because the rules don't apply to them.
"An-archy" isn't the lack of rules; we'll always have rules, whether they're codified or not. "Common Law" rules have been building for centuries, and is the right way to resolve disputes. (Admiralty law, which you know you're under if the flag has yellow fringe around it, is not the best way to resolve disputes because it criminalizes behaviors which do not have a victim; if you haven't harmed anybody, then what you're doing cannot be criminal!)
Whenever rules don't apply to one or more persons, it means that killers are potentially being created.
A few years ago, this son of a local cop (so it wasn't in the papers) totaled my friends' car, then my car, then my sports car, and finally the truck he was driving. Five minutes prior I had thought to move my first car into the driveway, but then thought, "my friends' car will protect it." I wasn't thinking "physically"; merely, that someone would see their car and decide not to hit it, and thus, would miss mine as well.
Had I gone out and moved the car, I'd have been backing into the driveway as he hit -- and he would have hit squarely the driver's door, most likely killing me.
Having his father and the "blue wall" protect him from the consequences of his actions means that he's likely to drive drunk (or sleepy, or on his phone -- we'll never know why he chose not to pay attention to the road) again, and do more damage the next time.
Back to my original point: why do school buses get special treatment?
And, why don't school buses need to obey the "seatbelts for every passenger" laws?
A week or two later, I drove by a school as it was getting out, and the children were running into the street and causing traffic issues. These weren't "children", they were teenagers in a middle school. I said that I think the speed limit laws near schools encourage children's worse behavior! If children had to face the consequences of their "dancing on the lava fields" behaviors, perhaps only by witnessing what happens to their classmates, then they'd develop a better pattern of behavior that would be more conducive to continuing breathing.
Coddling just results in those coddled, needing and wanting further coddling.
My great-great grandmother was married at the age of 13. She might have been the same age as the children at the upper end of that middle school -- but she'd never be caught playing in traffic!
School buses should be required to have seatbelts for every passenger, and should not have any more rights than an 18-wheeler. And, government schools should not exist either, but that's a rant for another day. :)
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Blinded Justice
Doesn't seem fair at all ...put that son of a gun behind the wheel of the school bus and you can kill two birds with one stone. : )
Good fellow writer
Great and powerful posting thanku
The hard true. Hope the relevant authorities will listen.
For me not the wearing a seatbelt on the bus was the fun part. I think it would be good to have them as an option.
My son takes the bus and was thrilled because normally he has to be in a kids car seat.
Well, if it's not an option for other motorists, it shouldn't be for those tasked with taking care of children.
The best way to cut the road toll would be to remove drivers' seatbelts and embed a 6 inch steel spike in the middle of each steering wheel.
Driving would be terrifying, as it should be
You'll still get the occasional driver death, but the number of passengers and pedestrians killed would plummet.
Yes, I've thought about the "behavior spike" as well. However, savvy metal welders will remove it. It's the same idea as "Sword of Damocles" which, if I was the king, I would have removed that damned sword. :)
Thus, I think that "obedience via obeying my word" isn't quite the right way to derive a society. Anarchy makes a lot more sense, as in, "an-archy" no ruler above the rest, versus "mon-archy", one ruler above the rest.
Couldn't agree more.
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Strangely enough, after I read this and shared it, I saw this bus accident on tv. Here's an article related to the accident yesterday, here in Maryland:
12 Maryland Students Hospitalized, Teen Driver Charged In School Bus Wreck
October 5, 2017 2:47 PM
I don't suppose those 'special rules' are for the general safety of the public.. 😑
The seat belt thing... In Idaho, we voted down mandatory seat belts 3 times. They enacted the law anyway. So yeah, if we all have to wear them, the government indoctrination shuttle ought to , too.