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Grieving mother of three bus crash victims says she REPEATEDLY warned school that the arrested....
dailymail.uk ^ | November 22, 2016 | Khaleda Rahman and Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com

Posted on 11/23/2016 3:31:01 AM PST by Morgana

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To: Morgana

Last nights news showed his arrest mug shot, glassy eyed. He’d already had a minor school bus fender bender a few weeks before, speeding no one was hurt that time. He should have been fired then.

This is the second bad school bus accident in TN, the other was Memphis, where only minor injuries and older teens were on the bus.

Time for MANDATORY SEAT BELTS being retrofitted on all school buses and new ones. I’d go as far as daily drug testing with the caliber of people they hire. Cell Phones are another big issue as most seem glued to their ears.

Has any one informed the victims families of the State Crime Victims Constitutional RIGHTS? Yes, TN is one of the few states with Constitutional Rights for Crime Victims and their families.


61 posted on 11/23/2016 5:17:11 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS CHRIST, suck it up buttercup you lost)
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

They will sue the bus system and the school system who hired them. Which is only right. This is a repeat offender.


62 posted on 11/23/2016 5:18:29 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS CHRIST, suck it up buttercup you lost)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Hard to find good PT help to drive a no seat belt school bus, in a district that is mostly black and want black drivers. Some are so FAT they can barely get behind the steering wheel. Most are don’t have more than a worthless GED. Low IQ’s.


63 posted on 11/23/2016 5:22:44 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS CHRIST, suck it up buttercup you lost)
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To: koalkracker1981

That was also my question. If you knew the driver was screwed up and frightening your children, why continue putting them ob that bus? Perhaps they should go to a different school.
I wasn’t there. I may be missing information.


64 posted on 11/23/2016 5:32:02 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Morgana

When my children were not safe on their bus, and neither the school nor the bus company would take any corrective steps, I was able to adjust my schedule so that I could take them to and from school.


65 posted on 11/23/2016 5:34:38 AM PST by knittnmom
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To: mewzilla

I suspect the company leadership knows how to work the political side very well, which supports their contract proposals.


66 posted on 11/23/2016 5:39:44 AM PST by zek157
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To: Morgana
David A. Duke, the CEO of bus company Durham School Services, issued a statement on Twitter saying the company was 'devastated' by the accident and is working with police and school officials to investigate. Federal records show the private company has had 142 crashes resulting in injuries - and three deaths - in the past two years, according to the Tennessean. Overall, Durham has been involved in 346 crashes, 201 of which were towaway wrecks, in the past 24 months.

How in the world did this company stay in business with this kind of safety record?

67 posted on 11/23/2016 5:40:01 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: pgkdan

That us a damn good question.


68 posted on 11/23/2016 5:40:37 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: Morgana

Why is this company allowed to be in business with this sort of record of problems? Why would a school system continue to use them?

From the daily mail article :
“David A. Duke, the CEO of bus company Durham School Services, issued a statement on Twitter saying the company was ‘devastated’ by the accident and is working with police and school officials to investigate.

Federal records show the private company has had 142 crashes resulting in injuries - and three deaths - in the past two years, according to the Tennessean.

Overall, Durham has been involved in 346 crashes, 201 of which were towaway wrecks, in the past 24 months.”

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3960898/Father-injured-kids-says-s-seen-bus-driver-reckless-before.html#ixzz4Qq5iV3sF
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69 posted on 11/23/2016 5:42:45 AM PST by b4me (If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
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To: GailA

I hope they go after the district big time.. BIG TIME!!!
This guy looks like a druggy. No way would I have even put
my child on that bus to begin with...our country is gone.


70 posted on 11/23/2016 5:46:25 AM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: pgkdan

The records show the crashes but not how many buses and routes driven.


71 posted on 11/23/2016 5:47:34 AM PST by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: Morgana
Heartbreaking.

Yet why didn't the mother drive or walk her children to school or arrange for a carpool?

72 posted on 11/23/2016 5:47:50 AM PST by Jane Austen (Nimrata "Nikki" Haley hates America, welcomes radical Muslims)
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To: GailA

Most of the district’s budget is probably going to pensions and healthcare bennies. And some of those healthcare bennies may be pretty sweet, including procedures like nose and boob jobs. If so, there’s not gonna be much money left to pay for decent bus drivers. Parents and other voters might want to look into that.


73 posted on 11/23/2016 5:51:16 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: grania

The accident of racially hiring rather than merit hiring. The driver must certainly be a relative of a black politico


74 posted on 11/23/2016 5:56:47 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Does America still have lots of safe closet? No)
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To: mewzilla

Or gender changes.


75 posted on 11/23/2016 6:06:59 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS CHRIST, suck it up buttercup you lost)
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To: Morgana

The people who are responsible for this outrageous person being in charge of driving a school bus: THE TEACHER’S UNIONS.

PARENTS - WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MOBILIZE AND GET THESE IDIOTS OUT OF YOUR SCHOOLS. They do not teach your children about America .. except to say we’re bad, we’re killers, we hate everybody, etc. etc. etc.

Our children do not even know how our country was founded, and by what group of people (everyman Patriots). They don’t study it.

Instead, they teach the students to protest NONSENSESICAL stuff; stuff they have no control over - like WHO VOTES, and WHAT CAR YOU CAN DRIVE, ETC. ETC. ETC.

THE BIG SOLUTION .. GET RID OF ALL UNION ACTIVITIES IN YOUR SCHOOL. IT MAY NOT BE EASY, BUT YOUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO HAVE THE TRUTH .. AND NOT THE LIBERALS PIPE DREAMS.


76 posted on 11/23/2016 6:08:09 AM PST by CyberAnt (Peace through Strength)
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To: Morgana

That poor woman!


77 posted on 11/23/2016 6:09:26 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: Morgana

I will bet the farm that nothing was done regarding complaints about this individual because he is black and someone was afraid it would be seen as racist to fire him. Political Correctness killed those children just as much as that Snoop-dog wannabee.


78 posted on 11/23/2016 6:10:50 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Even worse....

His name was Johnthony. Not a Judeo Christian name like Johnny or Johnathan.

but Johnthony.

Like a cross between John and Anthony.

79 posted on 11/23/2016 6:11:58 AM PST by nitzy
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To: GailA

Yup! I know very few property tax payers, even those with school age kids, who know just where the heck their taxes are going. And districts like it that way.


80 posted on 11/23/2016 6:13:30 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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