Chattanooga tragedy

Discussion in 'The Thunderdome' started by Volguy1971, Nov 21, 2016.

  1. Volguy1971

    Volguy1971 Sith Lord

    School bus accident with multiple fatalities. Pray for Chattanooga.
     
  2. JT5

    JT5 Super Moderator

    God.

    Things like this make me want to lock my family in the house forever.
     
  3. NYY

    NYY Super Moderator

    Awful.
     
  4. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Just saw this. Terrible.
     
  5. utvol0427

    utvol0427 Chieftain

    Terrible.
     
  6. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Photo looks awful. Hard to imagine a school bus doing that.
     
  7. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    Heartbreaking. I can't imagine.
     
  8. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Reporting 6 dead and 23 injured.

    Horrific situation.
     
  9. lylsmorr

    lylsmorr Super Moderator

    Man...how do you find words to describe something like this?
     
  10. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    You cant. As JT posted above, it makes me want to lock the door and not let my kids out.

    I cant imagine.
     
  11. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Tragic. Thoughts and prayers to all of those affected.
     
  12. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    Wonder what happened?
     
  13. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Bet a smart phone played a role.
     
  14. MaconVol

    MaconVol Chieftain

    It looks like the bus tipped over and slid into a tree. Terrible. Praying for those involved.
     
  15. bostonvol

    bostonvol Chieftain

    Bus Driver arrested and charged with vehicular homicide.
     
  16. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    Unimaginable.
     
  17. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

  18. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    I'd kill myself. Such a breach of trust if he was reading his phone while driving a bus of children.
     
  19. JayVols

    JayVols Walleye Catchin' Moderator

    Prayers for all involved. This is awful.

    Unfortunately, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. Imagine driving a vehicle the size of a semi with 40-50 kids on it with no help in maintaining control. Plus, the pay for drivers is terrible. They usually are scraping the bottom of the barrel for drivers. Our system was begging for drivers at the beginning of the year. All this is not a recipe for confidence. Some of the stuff I've seen drivers pull would make your blood run cold. Not a week goes by where a driver doesn't pull out in front of me near my school as I'm headed to work. I've called the transportation dept numerous times. Nothing ever happens.

    There are good drivers out there, for sure, but I would say that it's 50/50 at best.
     
  20. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    They should be paid more per hour than truckers. They should be monitored closer than companies monitor their truckers.
     

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