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LCanal · 03-29-2005, 08:14 PM

I am saddened by the boys death and am also inflammed by people in cars using cell phones.

However i wish to point out that part of the blame rests on the system. In North America children are sheltered from the real world and one example is the "school bus".

I gew up in the UK (flaming allowed) and on our plain jane random coloured bus where possible each small child was given an older, 8-10 year-old, to look after him or her at the bus stop. If he or she was the only one alighting at that spot mum/mom was usually waiting on the other side.

It was drummed into us both as youngsters and as "guardians" to wait until the bus has gone before attempting to cross as a stopped bus does not allow a clear view of the traffic and that drivers could not see us if we were hidden behind a vehicle.

LCanal

03-29-2005, 08:14 PM	#29
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	Streetwise I am saddened by the boys death and am also inflammed by people in cars using cell phones. However i wish to point out that part of the blame rests on the system. In North America children are sheltered from the real world and one example is the "school bus". I gew up in the UK (flaming allowed) and on our plain jane random coloured bus where possible each small child was given an older, 8-10 year-old, to look after him or her at the bus stop. If he or she was the only one alighting at that spot mum/mom was usually waiting on the other side. It was drummed into us both as youngsters and as "guardians" to wait until the bus has gone before attempting to cross as a stopped bus does not allow a clear view of the traffic and that drivers could not see us if we were hidden behind a vehicle. LCanal __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."