I thought I'd seen it all

Twinnie
By Twinnie

Until today. I turned the corner off TV roundabout heading towards DESS. Coming towards me was a small school bus. Something looked odd about the left hand side of the bus. It took a moment but then I realised that I was looking at the feet of a child tapping the road as the bus moved along. Are the bus drivers so scared of the children or their familes that they won't even do anything to preven a cild losing their feet or, even worse, their life by falling out of an open door whilt the bus is moving? I've seen some crazy antics while driving around this country but this has to be the craziest so far.

By patrickfontdean• 19 May 2010 09:49
Rating: 2/5
patrickfontdean

I think it was because the brakes weren't working, and they need the kids to stop the bus - Fred Flintsone style!

By s_isale• 19 May 2010 08:27
s_isale

The aide is worried about the kids beating him to pulp. so why should he intervene?

By mjamille28• 19 May 2010 07:52
mjamille28

i wonder what the "Aide" was doing all along.. there's supposed to be another adult onboard a schoolbus aside from the driver to supervise the kids... i wonder if there was any at the time...

By _noms_• 19 May 2010 07:50
_noms_

u still gotta see more

By Twinnie• 18 May 2010 22:52
Twinnie

Always the joker.

By britexpat• 18 May 2010 22:42
britexpat

I wasn't tapping the road, I was getting ready to jump off.

By Twinnie• 18 May 2010 22:37
Twinnie

I don't know what type of bus it was. What I do know is that I saw a bus, kids jumping all over the place and one child sitting on the steps of the bus with his feet dangling out of the open door. I couldn't tell you which school the bus was from. Maybe it was a private hire. Doesn't change the facts though that what was happening was crazy. It wasn't a Karwa bus but could have been the sort that Tri-Logistics use, though I know it wasn't one of their buses.

By itsmeshanu• 18 May 2010 22:20
itsmeshanu

i dont think that qatar schools using unfit busses as school bus... i have seen old Bus carrying Labours but not school childrens.. and if they do its a serious problem..

By KHATTAK• 18 May 2010 22:19
KHATTAK

You answered the question youself....:

"Are the bus drivers so scared of the children or their familes that they won't even do anything...."

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