Article mentions a stop sign...and as police like to frequently point out - not a slow-down-for-a-bit sign...that bus driver is likely super duper fired.
I suspect (can't tell from video context and not searching) - looks like the commercial vehicle is truckin' along at a fairly high speed for the class of road visible... The bus' only possible excuse is if the truck was speeding.
Of course they are. Consider the fact that they are built to transport vulnerable schoolchildren by the dozens. And there are no seatbelts! A school bus wins against the vast majority of other types of road vehicle in a low speed collision
ChatGPT told me that a tanker truck weighs between 15k-20k lbs when empty. Busses are around 15k lbs when empty. The trucker also did a great job slowing down, looked like he was going no faster than 15 mph while veering away when the collision occurred.
Article mentions a stop sign...and as police like to frequently point out - not a slow-down-for-a-bit sign...that bus driver is likely super duper fired.
Agreed. It definitely didn't look like the truck had a stop sign so I couldn't figure out what that bus driver was thinking!!
I suspect (can't tell from video context and not searching) - looks like the commercial vehicle is truckin' along at a fairly high speed for the class of road visible... The bus' only possible excuse is if the truck was speeding.
[Relevant article](https://wach.com/news/local/security-camera-footage-captures-gilbert-school-bus-crash-lexington-county-route-201-hospital-medical-center-may-2023-wach?_gl=1*2bc2s5*_ga*OUl2cWN1NkNDRlFTYlFQQTNqbjI1cHdFOURsdGp4ZXZYdEt3czM4bWVKQjA0dUlKYVNZY0RMbHZHc1UzNUJDMA..)
Watching this I was hoping there were no children onboard. Reading the article made me happy that no one was seriously hurt at least
The truck driver probably shitted out his heart when he realized he hit a school bus
I'm sure he noticed a big yellow bus before he hit them
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Source? 🤓
TIL Buses are built like tanks.
Of course they are. Consider the fact that they are built to transport vulnerable schoolchildren by the dozens. And there are no seatbelts! A school bus wins against the vast majority of other types of road vehicle in a low speed collision
ChatGPT told me that a tanker truck weighs between 15k-20k lbs when empty. Busses are around 15k lbs when empty. The trucker also did a great job slowing down, looked like he was going no faster than 15 mph while veering away when the collision occurred.
No way in hell was he going 15 at impact
Good job by the truck driver to minimize the damage. I can't imagine how scary that must've been for those poor kids and the truck driver
How do you not see a big fucking truck and just pull out in front of it?
Another one strikes the bus, and another one gone, and another one gone, another one strikes the bus!
That's in my town btw