Bored Shorts TV has released a video in hopes of bringing both laughter and thought to families who rely on school buses.
Bored Shorts TV is a YouTube channel from a Utah-based production company has more than 455,000 subscribers and features children narrating every day events while adults act them out. This latest video asked kids for their best school bus safety tips. Although this video was meant to be funny, there was a serious purpose behind it. Or, as the video described it: “The safest way to and from school is on a school bus. In fact, riding a school bus is 13 times safer than riding in the family vehicle.
That said, the most dangerous aspect of riding a school bus is safely getting on and off a bus, which is why it is so important for children to know school bus safety. We hope this video will be used to start a dialogue with your kids about school bus safety.” Watch the video on YouTube here.
School buses lead interesting lives, both during its lifespan on the road transporting children and its afterlife when they are commissioned for just as importance purposes. Take for instance, Lansing, Michigan, where a school bus has become mobile kitchens, complete with a stove, two sinks, a fresh water tank, two freezers and lots of climate-controlled prep space. This bus brings fresh produce to those living in Lansing’s food deserts. About one in every six families in Michigan struggle with quality or a lack of food, according to a 2015 survey by the United States Department of Agriculture. And locally, one in four Ingham County families lives in poverty. By late August, the mobile kitchen will deliver lunches there and at three other feeding sites run by the YMCA. During the school year, the bus will be employed to deliver healthy snacks and kitchen demonstrations at the Lansing School District’s after-school programs. The bus also will be used to bring more nutritious foods to seniors at local senior centers.
The Minnesota Association for Pupil Transportation has recognized local students for their work on school bus safety posters at Target Field during the pregame ceremony before a Twins took the field. This year’s poster contest theme was “Stop on Red,” which challenged students to think about safety concepts for students and drivers around school buses. The 23 contest winners came from all over the state and in a range of grades. The nominated posters are now sent on to the national competition. “It’s to try to increase awareness with school bus stop sign violations and make sure the public is aware that when there are flashing red lights on a bus, you do need to stop,” Lt. Brian Reu with the Minnesota State Patrol said. “At that point, kids are most vulnerable because they’re entering or exiting the bus.”
It was a strange afternoon for Oakley, California, resident Juanita Fussell when she received a scary text from her grandson LaMorris. She read it out loud.”’Grandmommy, can you pick up at the school? We’re going to die.’ And I said, ‘why?’ ‘We were going to die.’ I said, ‘Why? Did the bus come?’” Her grandson said the bus driver drove into the way of the train and “broke the thing that stops us.” Later, the children’s’ stories held consistent. “When they got home, they had a horrible a story to tell that the bus stopped and the railroad tracks and barreled through the arms on the track and just sat there. Several car drivers had to stop and tell the bus driver to move the bus,” said Lea Fussell, Juanita’s daughter and mother of two children who were on the bus. She was miffed. “Nobody contacted us at all, said Fussell, who added that when she called Steve, the school’s transportation department manager, he would provide no details on the incident except this: “Steve told me today that the bus driver will no longer be driving the bus,” said Fussell. Greg Hetrick, the district superintendent of schools said that the transportation department told him the camera on the bus shows different chain of events. Of note: Any incident involving a school bus is automatically investigated by the California Highway Patrol. The video recording should speed up the truth and assess the blame if there is any blame to assess.
