9 year old girl kicked off school bus miles from home

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/07/dnt.girl.kicked.off.bus.whdh

[dipsydoodle]

1. Nothing excuses this

Nothing x(

[yellowcanine]

2. Wow - That bus driver could be charged with child endangerment.

He kicked her off the bus for changing seats without permission?

[rateyes]

3. They should sue him for mental anguish. nt

[taterguy]

6. How much money does a typical unemployed bus driver have?

[rateyes]

11. A lot less after I got finished with him if he had done that to my daughter. nt

[taterguy]

17. And what exactly could you do to him?

Or are you just making stupid claims that you couldn't possibly back up in real life?

[rateyes]

18. I'd sue his ass, win (believe me) and have any and all of any future

checks (even unemployment ones) garnished. Oh, and BTW, have you never heard of insurance companies? And, to think the man has "no assets" is an assumption that you are making based on the fact he drives a school bus. A lot of bus drivers have more than one job. And, not only would I go after him--I'd go after the damned school system.

[taterguy]

19. How many lawyers do you know that would take a no-asset case?

And is "mental anguish" even a cause of action in your jurisdiction?

So no, I don't believe you.

[rateyes]

20. I know one. "Mental Anguish" might be an aggravated circumstance

in a child cruelty case. Maybe you could show up in court and defend the prick.

[LisaL]

25. I bet you'd spend more money on suing him than actually

getting out of him. I can't believe how lawsuit happy some people are.

[rateyes]

32. I've never filed one for myself. If someone did that to my daughter, though

I would.

[dysfunctional press]

38. you'd probably have to sue the bus company he works for and/or the school district...

if you actually wanted to collect anything.

[LisaL]

42. And how would they be responsible unless they knew

there was a problem with this guy? Which it appears there was not.

[dysfunctional press]

43. that's what lawyers are for.

the thing is- a bus driver isn't going to be worth suing- you have to go after the ones with the deep pockets.

[Heather MC]

39. I would have to meet that bus driver in the Alley with bat!

That was the first thought I had if a busdriver forced my child off the bus.

I would definately not rest until that person was fired

[taterguy]

4. Bet the little brat will never be a trouble maker again

[QueenOfCalifornia]

27. Don't have kids, right?

a little girl changes seats on a bus and she is dumped on a busy highway by a deranged psycho?

You have said some weird shit in here but defending this prick is over the top.

[mokawanis]

33. I hope that was a joke

if not, it was an insane thing to say.

[vanderBeth]

37. I sincerley hope you forgot the fucking sarcasm sign.

[Mushroom]

41. Relax big guy

As soon as you're socialized, all will become clear.

[arcadian]

5. We used to walk that far just to get to school

Young whippersnappers

[FiveGoodMen]

10. ...barefoot, tunneling through six feet of snow, uphill -- both ways

And we liked it!

[dipsydoodle]

12. You were lucky........................

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

[FiveGoodMen]

16. Well, of course, we had it tough...

[XOKCowboy]

23. OK Posted in the wrong place... Thank You. My all time favorite Python clip.

There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road.

Cardboard box?

Yes.

You were lucky.

Once again. :rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. Oh god, that is priceless. Thank you for this.

My eyes are streaming.....:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Matariki]

13. And it took 15 hours each way. Every day.

[XOKCowboy]

22. Thank You! One of my all time favorite Python clips...

:rofl:

[Blue Diadem]

7. That's awful. I'm glad he was fired.

If he was having discipline problems with the child he should have taken it up through the proper channels, not just dumped her off.

[Enthusiast]

8. 10 - 1 he's a McCain supporter. nt

[curse of greyface]

40. M aybe he is one of those bus drivers that makes over 250k a year. nt

[Beregond2]

9. Things have sure changed on school buses since I was a kid!

I can't remember ever seeing a bus driver interact with the kids at all. It was a chaotic hell, a place where you were lucky to make it home in one piece. If I hadn't had a cornet case to defend myself with, I probably wouldn't have survived it.

[Fuzz]

14. What's with putting the kids on tv right away? I wouldn't do that with my

kids.

And the bus driver is a freakin' idiot.

People with no common sense all over the damn place and all over this story.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. Fortunately, she wasn't abducted

I don't know if it's just my greater awareness of the issue now, but there seem to be a lot more insane child abductors nowadays than there were when I was a kid. When I was a kid I often went miles out into the woods and explored the countryside with a couple of friends. And I walked or rode my bike everywhere. I never encountered anything remotely sinister and almost never heard of anything happening to other kids. But nowadays, I don't think I would approve of a child of 9 going anywhere on foot alone.

[sufrommich]

21. Notice it's a private company hired by the school system

"AA Transportation" to shuttle kids to and fro. Transportation used to be run almost exclusively in house (in Michigan they were union jobs) until schools starting cutting budgets. No doubt a worker hired for little pay , no insurance, and no connection to the school system community. I'm not excusing this behavior whatsoever,just pointing it out.

[Contrary1]

24. Back in the olden days, we were booted off the bus regularly...

and it wasn't just for bad behavior. The bus my brothers and I rode on had three separate routes. If a stopped train threatened to screw up the schedule, we would be unceremoniously dumped off a half mile from home, with the warning not to crawl under the train.

We just looked at it as another adventure, no big deal. Of course, things are very different now, and I would have been upset if this had happened to my kids.

[Marrah_G]

30. Yeah- I'm more upset at where this happened.

This is a very busy highway- no side walks. He is damn lucky she wasn't killed or picked up by an opportunist predator.

[Contrary1]

31. Hell, I would have been angry no matter where he left her off,

if it was anywhere other than the regular stop.

We grew up in a rural area with little traffic, and it was 50 years ago. Things are way different now.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

26. If this had been my child

I guarantee you - I would go to the D.A. and file criminal charges.

Donald Davidson Jr. wouldn't be able to dig himself out of the shit that would fall on him if he dumped my kid off on a highway miles from home.

[Marrah_G]

29. That is a VERY highway- I would be freaking out.

[lonestarnot]

34. Welp what in the hell did she do? I can't get the vid!

[gollygee]

35. She moved from one seat to another

according to the video.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

36. He Should Be Charged With Endangering A Child.