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LinkPizza posted...

Maybe. But he may not get in trouble. Lots of things factor in here. Some bus drivers are older and wouldn't have been able to do much. And has to safely drive those kids back home afterwards, still. So if he got hurt trying to diffuse the situation, that would be bad. And he may have gotten in trouble for that. And he still may not have been able to break up the fight. Nor can he go around hitting kids... unless they start attacking him. They he can beat the little shits up enough to safely get away. Though, then there's a possible loss of job and some parents complaining, while other stand up for the driver. The school will look like the bad guy either way... And there's probably rules he has to follow... And he would need somewhere to safely pull over. So, lots of factors, I guess. And that's probably not even everything they would need to consider...

I didn't say anything about hitting the kids. I am not even a man or big so there is no way I could wade in swinging.

Edit: it also a "Damned if you do or damned if you don't" situation trying to break them up forcefully. I know physically I couldn't do it and I wouldn't because I would fear that I would become liable for some injury. BUT, when kids start arguing that is when you step in, not when they come to blows. There is another video floating around of these same two kids taken on a different day with the same kind of behavior from them both so it was an ongoing problem.

I just know what we are told while getting our CDL to drive a bus. The moment a child stands up on a bus we are supposed to tell them to sit. If they do not we stop.
We can pretty much stop anywhere since we have our flashing lights and arm to pull unless it is a bridge or train track ( we stop before we cross the tracks anyway and I still have the habit of doing it while driving my own car). It didn't seem like a bridge because there are trees outside the windows.

You are responsible for the kids no matter how awful they might be. I agree you could potentially get hit and I have no idea how to pull them apart but those are the steps we are told to do. That was the reason the moment a kid stood up I'd tell them to sit. We've had to stop the bus for rowdy kids. When you do that it makes the others mad because they are going to be late because of someone else's foolishness so the problem usually resolves quickly if you keep aware of the kids like you are supposed to do. Also, move one of them next to you.


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