Child hit by car while exiting school bus. My child.
October 21, 2009 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, cell phone etiquette, cell phones, children, family, mothers, parenthood, parenting, parenting teensI am on my soapbox today, and today I am entitled.
My daughter was hit by a car yesterday just as she was getting off the school bus. May you never get a phone call like that at your house.
She is fine, thank God, but I hope you will hear three things that this Mom has to say today:
(1) Drivers must yield (which means STOP!) when a school bus is also stopped.
(2) Children need to be very careful when they exit a school bus, even if the bus has employed its stop signs and flashing lights. It’s important to keep re-enforcing these 1st grade rules, because even an 8th grader will be distracted by a bus driver’s frantically honking his horn at an oncoming driver.
(3) The degree of impairment caused by talking on a cell phone while driving, (even when using headsets) has been proven in several major studies to be the same as driving drunk. Driving with cell phones is not yet illegal in our city as it is in more and more others, but we don’t need to wait for a law. It is VERY IMPORTANT to limit this very popular distraction.
Thank you very much for listening.
- Almostgotit
October 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am
Holy cow, I’m glad she is okay. I’ll repost this. xo/laurie
October 21st, 2009 at 10:38 am
Amen. I’m glad she’s okay. I once saw a driver animatedly talking away on her cell phone as she blithely drove right through a red light. I think that, in general, we as drivers don’t usually appreciate that our cars are lethal weapons and we need to take full responsibility for that. And we need to create a norm, law or not, that it’s not okay to use cell phones when driving.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Most sobering statistice for me — at 60 mph, a car travels the LENGTH OF A FOOTBALLL FIELD in five seconds.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Oh dear, I’m so sorry. I’m glad your child was not injured or hurt.
I hope the driver was apprehended and cited.
You and yours are entitled.
October 21st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I am so glad your daughter is alright. I am glad you got on that soapbox!
People need to act like adults if they are old enough to drive.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I’m so glad she’s okay.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I’m glad that your daughter’s ok. I’m angered by how careless some motorists are when they are behind the wheel. They imperil everyone.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 am
Oh no, that is just awful. I am so glad that she is all right.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 am
My daughter was hit by a car in our condo complex when she was 5. I will never, ever forget that dead pit of panic, nor the anger I felt when I discovered she was in a crosswalk and the driver who hit her just didn’t pay attention. The speed limit is 5 mph…how hard is it for people behind the wheel to quit being selfish and arrogant and watch out for kids?
When i saw your headline on the BlogHer ads, my heart sank. I am SO GLAD she’s ok. So glad. Blessings to you both.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 am
hello almostgotit its dennis the vizsla dog hay oh no they didnt!!! nobuddy hits almostgotits dawter with a car wile dennis the vizsla dog is arownd!!! just tel me hoo it wuz and oh boy they wil be sorry wunse i send trixie after them!!! ennyway i am verry verry glad she is all rite ok bye
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:17 am
Glad she’s okay and you rant all you like girl, some drivers really shouldn’t be out there!
October 24th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
seldom do we get such overwhelming support for a rant.
Go, girl.