Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11504199)

... too much Pot Black ...

Originally Posted by Mrs Danvers (Post 11504174)

I am not sure how long they are told to stop at the railroad crossing but I think they may be told to recite the alphabet backwards twice in their heads.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11504121)

Bloody school buses. Well American ones anyway, they're so ****ing obnoxious, stopping every six feet and putting on their stupid nanny state red lights and stop signs. Made even worse by the fact that a major commuter railway line into Chicago starts in our town and crosses several roads on my way into work, and of course the irritating shits stop by those for seventeen years because one bus got hit by a train in the 1860s :rolleyes:

When we got the bus into school, we rode normal buses and the entire road didn't have to stop when we got on and off because surprise surprise our parents taught us that it's stupid to run out into the road when traffic is present. Both my schools were on busy stretches of one of the busiest roads in the area as well. The only time someone got hit was at the pelican crossing, once, never from a bus.

Of course, this morning it wasn't bad enough that a couple of parents parked their **** ugly SUVs right in the middle of the road at the stop sign, but did the bus pull over a bit so I could nip out turning away from him onto the main road? Did he bollocks. ****ing twat. I hope he gets a mind bogglingly itchy arse and isn't able to scratch it.

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11504321)

There's one near me that stops at a decommissioned railway line. The tracks only exist where they cross the road, if you look down the line in either direction you'll see that they have been removed everywhere else. They still stop there. Must be expecting a hovertrain or something.

Originally Posted by BubbleChog (Post 11504361)

Every time I see an American School bus I go off on a similar rant. I really must stop doing it because yesterday afternoon BabyChog said ********er VERY clearly when I paused to draw breath

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11504379)

Every time we see a school bus when we're out and about (actually, often it's just another driver) my daughter always asks if they're in my way :lol:

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11505400)

When we come to power, our orbital lasers will be trained on any school bus that comes within 500ft of a highway on ramp.

Bastards.

Originally Posted by BubbleChog (Post 11505490)

Husbandchog says it's a good job I'm not allowed to run for president, because i want to stand on a roadside execution for bad driving platform. I feel this would be a political winner because no-one thinks they are a bad driver

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11505508)

Would you make it federal law that all interstate highways have a minimum speed of 85 mph and no maximum? I'd vote for anyone who'd do that.

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11505517)

Average speed here seems to be about 75 or so. That will see you keeping up, kinda, with people still passing you on both sides.

Then the school bus appears. 50mph. Absolute chaos behind it as everyone tries to avoid the sodding thing.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11505522)

Average speed in the Chicago metro area is about the same. Problem is, while the rest of the state has a 70 mph limit; the six counties around Chicago are stuck with 55. On bloody motorways. So if you drive like a normal, civilised person, the bloody county sheriffs and state rozzers are there to ram it up your arse dry.

As I saw as a sig line on a roads forum: speed limits limit life :nod:

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11505530)

Attempting to drive the posted limit is terrifying.

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11505517)

Average speed here seems to be about 75 or so. That will see you keeping up, kinda, with people still passing you on both sides.

Then the school bus appears. 50mph. Absolute chaos behind it as everyone tries to avoid the sodding thing.