Busdriver Loses Job for Killing Snowman

[Robert_S]

To say that this was a safer option is daft.
Cars coming the other way would have to wait, till it was safe to pass it, not swerve into the path of an oncoming bus. It's not like it was invisible.
Or they could gently push it over with their car, if they felt like it.
Or a bus coming the other way could push it over.
What he did was the dangerous option.
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Cars coming the other way might not stop in time. It's a slick road remember? There was nothing dangerous about what the driver did except to anyone dumb enough to be hiding behind the snowman.

[mistermack]

Cars coming the other way might not stop in time. It's a slick road remember? There was nothing dangerous about what the driver did except to anyone dumb enough to be hiding behind the snowman.

They wouldn't be hiding behind the snowman. They would have been IN FRONT OF the snowman. How can you expect somone to know that a bus would swerve into the opposite lane to run over a snowman?
Do talk sense!
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[Trolldor]

mistermack your case is about as solid as a fart in a winter breeze.


Robert, there is nothing that points out what the driver did was 'safer'
And, in either case, it's not his job or his duty to do so. He broke the law.
End of game.

[JimC]

Sad. Snowman didn't have a chance. You can see that he was simply frozen with fear.

On a serious note, I wouldn't do it. What if someone with a nastier prank in mind put some heavy materials on the road, then built a snowman around it. Make a big mess of your car, and cause damage even to a bus...

[mistermack]

mistermack your case is about as solid as a fart in a winter breeze.

No, it's you that can't follow my devastating logic. If it's a bit advanced for you, get a grown-up to explain it to you.
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[Robert_S]

mistermack your case is about as solid as a fart in a winter breeze.


Robert, there is nothing that points out what the driver did was 'safer'
And, in either case, it's not his job or his duty to do so. He broke the law.
End of game.

Cowardly cringingly following the letter of the law... maybe if he didn't do what he did, someone would have gotten hurt or killed. But at least they wouldn't be able to blame the bus driver, except the bus driver himself who would eventually commit suicide after years of never being able to get through the night without wondering what would have happened if he just said "fuckit" and ran over that damn snowman.

[Robert_S]

Cars coming the other way might not stop in time. It's a slick road remember? There was nothing dangerous about what the driver did except to anyone dumb enough to be hiding behind the snowman.

They wouldn't be hiding behind the snowman. They would have been IN FRONT OF the snowman. How can you expect somone to know that a bus would swerve into the opposite lane to run over a snowman?
Do talk sense!
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Stay the fuck away from snowfolk when they're in the road.

[Trolldor]

Maybe if he'd lost control of his bus he and everybody else might have died.

'Maybe' doesn't cut it. The road rules are there for a reason.

[mistermack]

Stay the fuck away from snowfolk when they're in the road.

Don't you oppress me. I know my rights. It's cos I's black ain't it. You wouldn't say that to white folks. Or snow white folks.
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[Robert_S]

Maybe if he'd lost control of his bus he and everybody else might have died.

'Maybe' doesn't cut it. The road rules are there for a reason.

The laws didn't account for snowmen.

What if some fool were to put a hat on him?

Stay the fuck away from snowfolk when they're in the road.

Don't you oppress me. I know my rights. It's cos I's black ain't it. You wouldn't say that to white folks. Or snow white folks.
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Fine then, go hang out with snow whitey.

[GreyICE]

To say that this was a safer option is daft.
Cars coming the other way would have to wait, till it was safe to pass it, not swerve into the path of an oncoming bus. It's not like it was invisible.
Or they could gently push it over with their car, if they felt like it.
Or a bus coming the other way could push it over.
What he did was the dangerous option.
.

Cars coming the other way might not stop in time. It's a slick road remember? There was nothing dangerous about what the driver did except to anyone dumb enough to be hiding behind the snowman.

So the penalty for being a kid and hiding behind a snowman is death? Seems a tad harsh. I think even Sharia law might balk at that one.

[Robert_S]

To say that this was a safer option is daft.
Cars coming the other way would have to wait, till it was safe to pass it, not swerve into the path of an oncoming bus. It's not like it was invisible.
Or they could gently push it over with their car, if they felt like it.
Or a bus coming the other way could push it over.
What he did was the dangerous option.
.

Cars coming the other way might not stop in time. It's a slick road remember? There was nothing dangerous about what the driver did except to anyone dumb enough to be hiding behind the snowman.

So the penalty for being a kid and hiding behind a snowman is death? Seems a tad harsh. I think even Sharia law might balk at that one.

Ok, I guess that seemed a bit harsh. Actually that's a student housing area without not a family neighborhood. It's very very unlikely than anyone under 18 would be there.

[Santa_Claus]

So the penalty for being a kid and hiding behind a snowman is death? Seems a tad harsh. I think even Sharia law might balk at that one.

I wouldn't bet on that.

[ED209]

I heard that during the miner's strike, a police van was deliberately driven into a snowman which the picketing miners had built.

The miners had built the snowman around a concrete bollard...

[Robert_S]

I heard that during the miner's strike, a police van was deliberately driven into a snowman which the picketing miners had built.

The miners had built the snowman around a concrete bollard...

New Law: It is forbidden to build a snowman in a public street except during a labor dispute.