Any truth to the rumor that a bus driver was removed from their bus today and arrested. heard it went out on the scanner too.

School bus? Commuter bus?

charter bus, short bus?

That's it! :lightbulb: It was MOJO on the :shortbus:

Maybe it was the bus driver who allegedly had the beer cans in her trash can... I remember a post about that not too long ago where someone's kids reported the driver for possible drinking and driving and transportation just sort of poo-poo'ed the issue with an 'internal investigation' - in other words, they did nothing.

Any truth to the rumor that a bus driver was removed from their bus today and arrested. heard it went out on the scanner too.

I was there for the whole thing. Story will be out some time tomorrow, they are still trying to interview people.

School bus? Commuter bus?

school bus, suposedly staggered off the bus when stopped

Maybe it was the bus driver who allegedly had the beer cans in her trash can... I remember a post about that not too long ago where someone's kids reported the driver for possible drinking and driving and transportation just sort of poo-poo'ed the issue with an 'internal investigation' - in other words, they did nothing.

There was a Reader letter on the Bay Net about this the other week. I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for it on there. It seems like they either deleted it or it may be that it is just impossible to find anything on that site once it leaves the main page.

If my life sucked bad enough that I had to drive a bus... I'd be ####ed up too....

There was a Reader letter on the Bay Net about this the other week. I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for it on there. It seems like they either deleted it or it may be that it is just impossible to find anything on that site once it leaves the main page.

couldn't find the thread on here, that had the link to the baynet letter.

couldn't find the thread on here, that had the link to the baynet letter.

I am curious to see if this in one in the same. The letter on the Bay Net was referring to my sons school bus. The buses normal driver picked the kids up for school yesterday morning but a different driver dropped them off yesterday and picked them up this morning. I am starting to wonder if it is a coincidence or if this was the driver that got locked up.

There was a Reader letter on the Bay Net about this the other week. I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for it on there. It seems like they either deleted it or it may be that it is just impossible to find anything on that site once it leaves the main page.
I agree, it is very hard to find older stuff.
TBN Reader Has Concerns over School Bus Safety - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News (http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/15305)

If my life sucked bad enough that I had to drive a bus... I'd be ####ed up too....


Just because someone drives a bus, that doesn't make them any less of a person...

I agree, it is very hard to find older stuff.
TBN Reader Has Concerns over School Bus Safety - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News (http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/15305)

:yay:

Thats the one.

Just because someone drives a bus, that doesn't make them any less of a person...
Bus drivers get good hours and full benefits. :yay:

:yay:

Thats the one.

I thought there was a thread in here about it too - that's what I was talking about when I posted on the first page but I don't see the thread anymore :confused:

Falsely Accused School Bus Driver Exonerated by Police - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News (http://thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/15414)

Falsely Accused School Bus Driver Exonerated by Police - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News (http://thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/15414)

That makes me wonder if the driver wasn't above the legal limit... is a bus driver 'allowed' to go up to the legal limit, or do they have to be completely clean? The police must have smelled alcohol or had another reason to continue the investigation when they got to the bus :confused:

Eh, I guess it's like my drugging and driving thread - maybe he (or she) had a beer before they got on the bus, but that one beer is like drinking water to them. They smelled of alcohol, but weren't 'under the influence' because they are so tolerant of the beer perhaps?

That makes me wonder if the driver wasn't above the legal limit... is a bus driver 'allowed' to go up to the legal limit, or do they have to be completely clean? The police must have smelled alcohol or had another reason to continue the investigation when they got to the bus :confused:

Eh, I guess it's like my drugging and driving thread - maybe he (or she) had a beer before they got on the bus, but that one beer is like drinking water to them. They smelled of alcohol, but weren't 'under the influence' because they are so tolerant of the beer perhaps?

It's not the same bus driver that was discussed before.

That makes me wonder if the driver wasn't above the legal limit... is a bus driver 'allowed' to go up to the legal limit, or do they have to be completely clean? The police must have smelled alcohol or had another reason to continue the investigation when they got to the bus :confused:

Eh, I guess it's like my drugging and driving thread - maybe he (or she) had a beer before they got on the bus, but that one beer is like drinking water to them. They smelled of alcohol, but weren't 'under the influence' because they are so tolerant of the beer perhaps?

Betcha it was little brats playing a joke..or smelled rubbing alcohol...or heard the rumer and started calling their mom. but more than likely they were being stupid f***ers and trying to get out of going to school.

Falsely Accused School Bus Driver Exonerated by Police - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News (http://thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/15414)


Could the students maybe have it in for the driver? You know kids.. And sometimes perfume/cologne can smell like beer/whiskey (The cheap stuff) :lol:

It's not the same bus driver that was discussed before.

ok - kids must be hooligans if they are driving all of the bus drivers to drink :lmao:

Better get some seatbelts on those buses...

That makes me wonder if the driver wasn't above the legal limit... is a bus driver 'allowed' to go up to the legal limit, or do they have to be completely clean? The police must have smelled alcohol or had another reason to continue the investigation when they got to the bus :confused:

Eh, I guess it's like my drugging and driving thread - maybe he (or she) had a beer before they got on the bus, but that one beer is like drinking water to them. They smelled of alcohol, but weren't 'under the influence' because they are so tolerant of the beer perhaps?
You must have a 000.00 BAC to pass with a CDL. So this driver was at 000.00 when tested
He agreed to the test so there would be no question to his innocence. The police continued with a test so that it would be a closed case with no room for speculation or questions as to why he was not tested.

Betcha it was little brats playing a joke..or smelled rubbing alcohol...or heard the rumer and started calling their mom. but more than likely they were being stupid f***ers and trying to get out of going to school.

:yeahthat: Kids say a lot of dumb stuff, and too many people are too quick to believe them. I'm not saying that we shouldn't investigate allegations like this - of course we need to be certain that a driver is sober. But I'm not going to automatically believe a bunch of little rugrats in a case like this. All it takes is one of them to make something up, and the rest go along with it because they want to feel important, or they think it's funny.

Kids have no concept of what accusations like that can do to an adult.

Just because someone drives a bus, that doesn't make them any less of a person...
I was thinking about driving a school bus.

I dont mind the kids, I dont mind driving and Im not really needing a huge paycheck anymore, so why not?

Plus, I get to see all the moms that wait at the stop with the kids, when the see Im fat, Im sure to get cookies and stuff at christmas.

You must have a 000.00 BAC to pass with a CDL. So this driver was at 000.00 when tested
He agreed to the test so there would be no question to his innocence. The police continued with a test so that it would be a closed case with no room for speculation or questions as to why he was not tested.

I've had my CDL since it was just a chauffers license....I'm also doing research for a paper....This is for commercial(bus, truck) and non-commercial vehicles(personal car)

Commercial Driver's License Program (CDL/CDLIS) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm)

The FHWA has also established 0.04% as the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at or above which a CMV driver is deemed to be driving under the influence of alcohol and subject to the disqualification sanctions in the Act. States maintain a BAC level between .08% and .10% for non-CMV drivers.

You must have a 000.00 BAC to pass with a CDL. So this driver was at 000.00 when tested
He agreed to the test so there would be no question to his innocence. The police continued with a test so that it would be a closed case with no room for speculation or questions as to why he was not tested.

:yay: Thank you for the direct answer.

So these were false allegations against the driver by the kids... hmm. Are the police investigating the situation (i.e. find the kids that called the driver in and question them for possible disicpline)?

Could the students maybe have it in for the driver? You know kids.. And sometimes perfume/cologne can smell like beer/whiskey (The cheap stuff) :lol:

With the sick pig hanging around lately, it was probably hand sanitizer. I smell that stuff at work all the time and it smells like my coworkers are boozing. Of course, some of them may be.
:otter:

I was thinking about driving a school bus.

I dont mind the kids, I dont mind driving and Im not really needing a huge paycheck anymore, so why not?

Plus, I get to see all the moms that wait at the stop with the kids, when the see Im fat, Im sure to get cookies and stuff at christmas.

:lmao: :yay:

Just because someone drives a bus, that doesn't make them any less of a person...

I wish the qualifications for being a person weren't so low....
Maybe then, the champions of mediocrity (our society) would not just take for granted that all people are created equal. They are not, and there's daily proof of this.

Actually, all people are created equal initially. It's what happens after you are born that seperates us.

With the sick pig hanging around lately, it was probably hand sanitizer. I smell that stuff at work all the time and it smells like my coworkers are boozing. Of course, some of them may be.
:otter:

:lmao: Sick pig

You're right hand sanitizer does smell pretty bad. It beats running and washing your hands every 2 min because someone touched you though.

I think they should always look into stuff like this. SOME kids lie and make things up but it seems like older kids would make something like that up, not so much ES aged kids. How old were the kids that blew the whistle? If it is true I hope they don't just ignore it. I am losing all faith in the school system anyway. They police parents and tell us what to do and not to do with OUR kids. Then they drag their feet when something is brought to their attention that they didn't do properly.

I guess I still have animosity towards the school after an incident on my daughters bus.

:lmao: Sick pig

You're right hand sanitizer does smell pretty bad. It beats running and washing your hands every 2 min because someone touched you though.

I think they should always look into stuff like this. SOME kids lie and make things up but it seems like older kids would make something like that up, not so much ES aged kids. How old were the kids that blew the whistle? If it is true I hope they don't just ignore it. I am losing all faith in the school system anyway. They police parents and tell us what to do and not to do with OUR kids. Then they drag their feet when something is brought to their attention that they didn't do properly.

I guess I still have animosity towards the school after an incident on my daughters bus.

I use the blueberry kind, smells like blueberry jello shooters. :lmao:

I wish the qualifications for being a person weren't so low....
Maybe then, the champions of mediocrity (our society) would not just take for granted that all people are created equal. They are not, and there's daily proof of this.
:blahblah:

I use the blueberry kind, smells like blueberry jello shooters. :lmao:

Yes, it does. As a matter of fact I gave some to my daughter to take to school awhile ago and she brought it home the next day saying it didn't smell like blueberry, lol.

Actually, all people are created equal initially. It's what happens after you are born that seperates us.

I'm betting that there's nothing my parents could have done differently to make me into the next Michael Jordan.

I'll make sure to let my brother, who was born with Cerebral Palsy, know that what happened after he was born is the reason that he will never walk.

We are not all created equally. There are certain characteristics that we are born with that cannot be changed.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, a call went out to authorities shortly before 12:30 p.m., reporting a St. Mary’s County School bus had a driver that smelled of alcohol. Students that were on the bus phoned their parents and told the parents that their driver smelled like alcohol resulting in a call to police.

Local police initiated a search for the bus in question. St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Deputies located and stopped the bus as it was making a stop at Great Mills High School loaded with children.

In reply to Mama Mia08...

I would think it would be safe to assume that they were High School students since the bus was making a stop at Great Mills High School. Makes me think a student or two (or three) had a problem with the bus driver and wanted to make trouble for him. Kudos to the police for following procedure to the "T" so there was no question. :yay:

In reply to Mama Mia08...

I would think it would be safe to assume that they were High School students since the bus was making a stop at Great Mills High School. Makes me think a student or two (or three) had a problem with the bus driver and wanted to make trouble for him. Kudos to the police for following procedure to the "T" so there was no question. :yay:
Kids at the stop before Great Mills High called parents.

Kids at the stop before Great Mills High called parents.

:yay: Not familiar with that area bus stop wise, but regardless, glad to see that appears to have been taken seriously and handled professionally.

Kids at the stop before Great Mills High called parents.

so the kids at the bus stop(not on the bus yet) called? so was this a prank or did some kids who may have already been on the bus start the allegation/rumor?

so the kids at the bus stop(not on the bus yet) called? so was this a prank or did some kids who may have already been on the bus start the allegation/rumor?
The kids he just took home from another school before he went to Great Mills did it.

The kids he just took home from another school before he went to Great Mills did it.

So were these middle school aged students then?

I'm :confused: - so he was taking the kids HOME from school? I was thinking they were heading to school... he dropped off a group of kids, then they called thinking that he smelled like alcohol?

maybe the whole thing was just an unfortunate mistake. I suppose if it were my kids on the bus and they thought that the bus driver was drinking, I would want them to call and have the driver investigated. I do feel sorry for the driver - but the welfare of the kids is the most important thing.

If my life sucked bad enough that I had to drive a bus... I'd be ####ed up too....

Do you think about what you type before you type or do you type any thing that comes to mind *sshole? Lets see.... I have driven a bus for 25 years and managed to do it without alcohol. I also have a job that while everyone else is being laid off I work 9 hours a day. I Make 33.oo and hour. I love my job. I drive an ortho bus. We have retired cops, firemen. etc that drive buses also. One bad apple doesn't make the whole bunch bad. Oh did I tell you I make 33.oo bucks and hour. Whos life sucks buddy???

I'm surprised anyone puts their kids on a school bus.

I'm surprised anyone puts their kids on a school bus.

You raise an interesting point :lol: Trust me, I go back and forth with myself on that issue... I have one riding the bus and one that will be riding it next year. I have had to sit down with both of them and discuss 'bus safety' and how important it is to sit still, not clown around, to not have stuff out like pencils that could poke someone hard when the bus hits a bump and everyone gets jostled around.

It was a big adjustment for my oldest - he comes home with bruises all of the time from getting 'thrown around' in the seat. He sits next to the window and gets thrown up against that quite a bit. They hit a pothole in the road and go airborne.

It stinks that putting seatbelts on a bus would be such a huge problem - not just because of the cost and the upgrades that would be necessary to do it, but because it would require a couple of aides on the bus to make sure the kids were putting them on and using them right - I can imagine that a lot of kids would have problems pulling the belts out and then buckling them, and they'd have to do it everytime someone got on the bus. Of course it would be worth it to keep the kids safer... but still a huge PITA.

I guess no amount of safety modifications can keep the kids safe when their bus driver gets on the bus drunk or flat out can't drive. I know the majority of bus drivers ARE good drivers and are concerned about the kids - but I have seen more school buses around here that are flying down 235, switching lanes and cutting people off, etc.

Some people don't have any choice but to put their kids on the bus because they have to be at work and can't get them to school any other way. I could drive my oldest to school (and I do some days) but he wants to ride the bus -and there are days that I think just like you and think I must be crazy to put him on there.