Steve Brown

No reason to believe school bus drivers are any different than the
general public. Most are safe and sane, a few are nut jobs who
operate vehicles with the regard for the safety of others. Same with
Trimet.

On Feb 25, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Erik Voldengen wrote:

> Really? I've had school bus drivers follow me on Skyline for miles
> because they didn't want to pass. One time, I waved them by, and the
> driver used her PA to tell me she couldn't legally pass unless I got
> off the road. So I did, because it's damned unnerving to have a bus
> follow you for that long.
>
> -Erik
>
> 2009/2/25 Steve Brown :
>> School bus drivers are a menace. LO School District is a real
>> problem. I
>> have had one bus pull out in front of me at the intersection of
>> Terwilliger
>> & Iron Mt. road and another pass me across the double yellow line
>> in the
>> face of on coming traffic further down Terwilliger when I was at
>> the legal
>> speed.
>>
>> Steve Brown
>>
>> On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:24 AM, David Hart wrote:
>>
>> While we are talking about school buses, how about them TriMet and
>> Ctran
>> drivers? I thought we had mutual respect as we are both saving the
>> world...guess not.
>>
>> I know school bus drivers are not paid well but that doesn't
>> excuse the
>> behavior.
>>
>> 2009/2/24 Kellie Rice
>>>
>>> Brady-
>>>
>>> What a scary situation for both you and your wife. You got the
>>> bus number,
>>> but did you see what school district it was from? Portland Public?
>>> Hillsboro? Or was it First Student which is a contracted company for
>>> different districts?
>>>
>>> Contact the school district, if you saw it, or contact the
>>> Leasing/contracted company. I'm a teacher in Beaverton, and I've
>>> passed most
>>> of your note on to the Transportation folks as a gentle reminder
>>> about
>>> bikes. What complete disregard for your wife in her car though?
>>>
>>> Kellie
>>>
>>>
>>>
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