"nobody" wrote in message
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> khobar wrote:
> > Did the normal scheduled buses take you right to the school? From my
school
> > days closest stop was within a mile or so - along the main road, and
that is
> > where the
> > bus service worked to/from.
>
>
> Then both your school admin and the transit people are incompetant.
They were British - what does that tell you?
>
> My newphew (high school) catches a city bus waiting for students at the
> school, then is express to a bus interchange point and then continues as
> a normal city bus on a specific route. There is a deal between the
> school and the transit authority to have this service.
>
> School buses have special treatment whereby no car may overtake a school
> bus when it is stopped and its lights are flashing. That is not the case
> with normal city buses even if they carry students. So they are not well
> suited for grade school kids, but perfectly acceptavble for older
students.
Agreed.
Paul Nixon
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