I almost had an accident today. Luckily I was alone and I have good no great brakes on this old bus. I was heading to my pm grade school pickup, going over some tracks, which we are required to use our four ways, which were on. I immediately have to turn left at the second corner which has a stop light. I had made my lane change, with my turn signal on, flashers now off, and as I was crossing the first intersection, **it is known to have accidents so there is a no left turn there** BUT a person in a red sunfire decided to not only disobey the no turn sign BUT turn right in front of me!! I slammed on my brakes, thanking GOD that the person behind me stopped also. Now my life did not pass before my eyes but the jerk's life did. If I would have hit the person they would have been smashed. It took me a good 5 minutes to calm down afterward, but my elementary kids saw to it that I was back to doing my job, as always, safely and as skillfully as I know how. Had to they needed me.
My angels were working overtime today. Thank God!
4 comments:
wow, Im so glad ur ok...thats scary! *hugs*
I'm so glad everything worked out. That would have been horriable. I encounter that kind of stuff everyday driving in the city. Thank goodness I don't drive a bus. Those kids are lucky to have you. Your a good bus driver.
Hugs, R.c.
Rose -
It is scary when things happen like that. We are doing a very difficult job; watching traffic, watching our kids, watching pedestrians, listening to our radio for changes/updates, watching for emergency vehicles, cars that run red lights, on and on. We are multi-tasking experts. It is amazing how many people do not give us the respect that's needed to safely transport these precious children. I get cut off often myself, especially going over RR tracks. Thank God you had no children on your bus, the hard braking might have scared them, then you would have had them and yourself to calm down.
I'm glad you were "on top" of things. That's what we're taught, to never be complacent with our sometimes dull and routine routes that we do over and over again. Because sometimes "stuff" can happen, as you found out.
Kiss that guardian angel Rose. She deserves a big thank you.
Your driver buddy,
Kathy G.
Wow, I'm glad that you and your kids are safe. I hope this winter doesn't give you too much trouble. KJ
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