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77-Year-Old Bus Driver in Deadly NJ Crash Had Long History of License Suspensions, Moving Violations
nbc ^ | 05.22.18 | Brian Thompson and Jen Maxfield

Posted on 05/22/2018 8:41:34 PM PDT by Coleus

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Who is the dummy at the Board of Education that hired this fool?

Can a man this old be a school bus driver? Did he ever pass an eye and reflex test?

Probably not!! Only a blind idiot would pass up the Waterloo Village exit on Rt. 80

see the directions?  very simple for a person with a brain and good eyesight

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/kittval.html  (different than google map)

Google Map

Look at the first sign on Rt. 80

2nd Sign

1 posted on 05/22/2018 8:41:34 PM PDT by Coleus
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To: Coleus

Just remember this crap the next time a liberal says more of us should be taking mass transit.


2 posted on 05/22/2018 8:44:46 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Coleus

More of our “public servants” keeping us safe.


3 posted on 05/22/2018 8:45:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Coleus

99% chance he’s a good friend or family of a school board member.


4 posted on 05/22/2018 8:47:18 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Coleus

Here’s a suggestion. Quit taking students on field trips. If their parents want them to go, they can take them.


5 posted on 05/22/2018 8:47:42 PM PDT by Enterprise
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Wait until they replace him with a drunken illegal Alien for a driver.


6 posted on 05/22/2018 9:07:39 PM PDT by wmileo
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To: Coleus
These school bus driver nightmares are all too common.

Does no one check the background of school bus drivers?

Do they hire the first person who applies for the job?

This is a glaring lack of oversight by human resources professionals.

Fire the people doing the hiring.

7 posted on 05/22/2018 9:29:52 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Coleus

State worker union members are far more important than the lives of children in NJ.


8 posted on 05/22/2018 9:47:34 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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"...fire the people doing the hiring..."


Biggest challenge is likely trying to find low-wage workers willing to work four hours per day (split into twin two-hour shifts) morning and afternoon and qualified to carry priceless cargo.

9 posted on 05/22/2018 9:50:50 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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They aren’t low wage in NJ! It was $50/hour in Hunterdon County back in the 90’s, must be even higher now.


10 posted on 05/22/2018 10:00:01 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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To: Coleus

Very sad story. If we licensed school teachers how many of them would be suspended for slaughtering kids’ brains?


11 posted on 05/22/2018 11:28:31 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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...bout 5 miles from me, and it’s a couple of minutes from the exit (Waterloo).. as a matter,you can hear
traffic on rt80 from the village. Either he’s never been there or he forgot...but he definitely double down on the illegal turn


12 posted on 05/23/2018 12:28:39 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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Nothing unusual about bad skool bus drivers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfFZZKFeqUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok9ippyMUKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhDA1cS-Aqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFHnKc_cZDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3VQy1-MJo4


13 posted on 05/23/2018 1:02:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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To: Coleus

How can a man with “a total of 14 license suspensions, eight speeding tickets, a careless driving ticket and a ticket for an improper turn in 2010” get a school bus endorsement, and at the age of 72? Someone at the licensing authority needs to go to jail (along with the driver).


14 posted on 05/23/2018 1:06:20 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Coleus

Authorities can’t figure out the cause of the crash?


15 posted on 05/23/2018 4:22:02 AM PDT by caver
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Now we know why this story went down the enemedia memory hole.

The lawyer is questioning whether the Paramus Board of Education did proper diligence in hiring a driver with his record.

DUH.

And why is the NTSB refusing to investigate this? Yes, it's a no-brainer as to cause, but if anyone thinks the locals/state will honestly investigate how the driver came to be hired, I've got news for you.

16 posted on 05/23/2018 4:43:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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The driver was a public employee. You really need to ask?


17 posted on 05/23/2018 4:44:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Coleus

But look on the bright side. Paramus schools are gun free zones and they NEVER had mass shootings. Seriously, when we took the firearms safety courses, and since we’ve been going to the range I realized that if driving safety was taken half a seriously as gun safety our insurance premiums would be like chump change.


18 posted on 05/23/2018 6:17:15 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: jughandle

FTA: He had a total of 14 license suspensions, eight speeding tickets, a careless driving ticket and a ticket for an improper turn in 2010

He will be back soon driving a bus.


19 posted on 05/23/2018 12:44:04 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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I have a relative that manages the bus dept of a local school board. In his case they are employees of the school and belong to the teacher’s union. If they pass the physical they can’t get rid of them.


20 posted on 05/23/2018 12:49:55 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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