I have removed this blog about the bus driver.

Its done its job, its raised the safety issue again about the few bus drivers who do not understand that their job is also to protect school pupils on the school run, children under their charge.

These are the few bus drivers that wilfully disreguard any safety advice given to them by their employers,as in dont care anyway!
Then spit their dummies out when some one has the gall to tell them they are putting lives at risk.

By also disreguarding their companies policy on safety, to use hazards lights & to remove the safety sign when pupils are not on board.

To those bus drivers & bus operators who do ensure that safety on their bus is paramount, that do take the time to ensure the correct use of hazard lights & to simply remove the sign when not carrying pupils.
You have our grateful thanks, & i am sure the thanks of all parents whose children use school transport.

I may add this post has not being removed due to any legal threats ,we have not in anyway been forced to remove it, it's simply done its job, meantime!!
I may add this from Carla Oldham "As for loosing people sympathy....ive never wanted sympathy " none of us have.

We simply need a cure ensuring no other family goes through this!

Hearing the news of the school bus crash which claimed the young life of Natasha paton makes me so sad and yet very angry.
Firstly i've always said if a school bus has to publish "we will try to run today" then they shouldnt be doing it!

When the weather is bad i refuse to let my children go to school on the school bus if i dont think its safe to do so.
When i lost Robyn i knew id hear about things like this time and time again, it rips me apart every time, knowing how Natashas parents will feel is something i shouldnt have to know.

My heart goes out to them, Natasha is someone they will never replace, never see again, same as me with Robyn.

Then we have some idiot like the prime minister Gordon Brown saying how "sorry he is" and that all is being done to make school bus travel more safer!!!

Absolute rubbish! he really doesnt give a dam about any parent who feel this pain, its all part of his job to look good.
yet here is a man who sadly lost a child, but doesnt back school bus safety.

I have a letter to prove that!.
When will people listen?
When will young lives on school bus safety be taken seriously?.
Why on gods earth did this driver let this happen, oh sure hes got to live with it as well, but does it really come down to "if he didnt do the job he'd have no pay that day".

Makes you wonder just how can bus operators,councils, and the Prime Minister take's our childrens lives so lightly.

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I know how dangerous school buses can be, a friend of mine had his arm crushed when he fell under the wheel of the bus. Thankfully he made a full recovery.
I grew up beside Banchory, Aberdeenshire and travelled to school by bus for 13 years.

I have since moved to Canada and I have to say that the system here is great.
The buses are equipped with safety guards which allow the driver to see where kids are crossing in front of the bus.

The buses also have flashing red lights, when these flash, it is illegal to pass the bus, drivers who do face very heavy fines.

Maybe this is something you can fight for in your campaign.
I wish you all the best and hope that the governments listen for a change.

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Thank you for posting a comment linking us to this website on our local paper thread about an incident that happened on 11 & 16 year old daughters' school bus on Monday. The double-decker bus slid off the road in the snow. Nothing major as it transpired, but potentially lethal as the country lane the bus was trying to negotiate has ditches on either side and the passengers thought that they were going into one. The road was completely untreated, completely white, icey, with big ridges of snow in sections. The bus had been cancelled due to the snow the previous days, but as service had been resumed I assumed that the roads had been checked to be suitable. The bus company have told me that "In the circumstances, I cannot accept your view that we put the safety of the children at risk. As I have said the incident was actually very minor, the driver is a professional, and it is not practical to 'check the condition' of every road before running a service along it as you suggest."

Reading this site it brings home how lucky we are that our children are so safe, and I am truly sorry for the poor parents who weren't so lucky.

Carla's story has reminded me to enjoy every second with our precious children. Thank you for being so proactive and helping others.

My Grandson who is still 4 years at the moment is at Bridge of Weir Primary school in Renfrewshire he has been getting the bus to and from school and everything has been fine up until today.

He gets a mini bus number 3 and has had the same driver until today, the buses line up in order and he gets on the 3rd bus but today there was a different driver to take him home the buses were lined up 1 3 2, he was confused and walked home alone for 2 miles.

We have an investigation going on with the council and the school as to why he was alLowed to walk off alone and he had to cross busy roads, his mum Charlene my daughter was distraught when she met the bus and he wasnt on it.

Thankfully she met him as she was on her way to the school there are so many things that could have happened, but is anyone going to hold their hands up and take ownership of this problem ,i doubt it