I’m sorry, but in today’s world, I’m afraid no children are safe from harm when left alone at these bus stops. Whether it’s an accident with a car or some sicko out there just waiting to abduct a child, these kids are left to their own devices if no parent/adult will take the time to be there and wait with them until the bus comes.

Also turning into a culdesac isn’t always that easy as parents think it should be! Buses are very long and 90% of the time cars are parked in the circle. which means the bus runs up on people’s lawn and leave big holes and the people complain about there yard being torn up. Its much easier to make one stop at the end of culdasacs. Bottom line is to me and Im a driver with a small child. The parent should ensure there child is on the bus safely! At one of my culdasac stops the mothers take turns each morning and afternoon with even those children that don’t belong to them. This should be a law that no child be left on the roadway to await for a big yellow bus!

KXV…your right on with you opinion. We have the same opinion when it comes to children at bus stops! I have a four year old myself and there’s no way I’d let him stand alone and wait for a bus.  lol..my friend you have some parents that want you to give there child door service, which is impossible to do. All because they don’t want to walk outside and inconveience themselfs! Yet when a accident occurs they want to blame the stop or the driver of the bus. Thank goodness my son will be able to ride with me when he starts kindergarden next year!

What ever happened to parents walking their kids to the bus stop?? I’m sure it would be less of a “sacrifice” for Miss Pouncey if she just walked her kids to the bus stop instead of changing her schedule to carpool.

At 9 years old you can’t even legally stay at home alone, so why would you let a child that age walk to the bus stop alone?

Flashing lights, big red sign that two-year-olds know means STOP and plenty of line of sight. This has nothing to do with the bus driver or bus stop visibility.

Current bus driver here..yes your exactly right Pebs! Its still the same rule.  However, when it comes to elementary children i personally think they should not be allowed to stand and wait for a bus alone without an adult present. You wouldn’t believe how many elementary children are left alone on the roadways to wait for there buses. Well yeah you probably know! Of course just because we motion the children doesn’t always mean they follow our directions and this could very well be the case here. I know my route was just turned completely around within the last two weeks to keep an elementary student from crossing three lanes of traffic. I know the school board does the best they can to protect children when loading and unloading. Whatever the case here I hope the child makes a full recovery!

Why is all this being blamed on the bus stop location or the driver of the car? What about the parents that are suppose to teach your children to look both ways before crossing a street. I am a former Mobile County bus driver, in my training for that position I was trained to stop my bus, make eye contact with my students and when it was safe, and all vehicles were stopped, motion for my students to cross andloadthebus.  Looks like this policy was not followed the bus driver nor by the parents.

How come charges haven’t been filed? He had a suspended license. Even if it was valid he harmed a innocent child. I wonder if he would have been charged if the child would of died. I’m sorry but, he has to have connections.

Has anybody also consider the kids who witness this? When my mama was in school she seen a man on a motorcycle pull out in front of her school bus but, he was killed. to this day she gets nervous everytime a motorcycle is in front of her.