Fastest kid alive!

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[u/wastaah]

Why tf do America still use buses where you get out in the front? In my country (eu) we stopped getting off at the front of the bus 20 years ago, now all buses come with two doors and you step out in the middle/back and then there is no risk of running in front of the bus. 

[u/Casey_jones291422 → u/wastaah]

I'm not sure how that makes any difference. If the kid needs to cross the street it doesn't make any difference where they exit they still need to get around the bus

[u/wastaah → u/Casey_jones291422]

The difference is that kids wait for the buss to leave before crossing the street instead of taking the shortest path and speeding in front or behind of the bus like in the clip. It's just human psychology. In the eu we don't need forced stops behind busses cause of this, every bus has two doors. The danger is that car drivers don't see the kids.

[u/catiebug → u/wastaah]

Bro, the point is that the drivers see the bus. It's the law to stop in all directions for a school bus in all 50 states. It works fine for us. The bus dropping off the kid and then driving away to let them fend for crossing the street themselves seems insane. The school bus is basically saying this whole-ass street is closed until my red lights go off.

I still fail to see how having doors on the side of the bus would make this any safer. He'd either be left on the opposite side of the road from his house (and have to cross on his own after the bus left, according to you?) or he'd be getting off literally into the opposing lane of traffic... and everyone would have to stop, just like they already do everywhere in the US.

Like, c'mon. So many other criticisms you can lay on Americans. We can take it. Our school busses are fine. It's literally the safest form of transportation in the US that any child takes.