Cars are the latest Social "gadgets" on the market. Some makers have already started, and I am sure it is not long before we can access Facebook in all cars. Maybe I am old-fashioned, but do we really need this?
I have a device in my car that can access Facebook. It is called a phone. I don't catch up on social media while I am driving, nor do I need to. If I have to sit at a red-light too long, I may start looking. I put the device down when I start driving again.
I can't help but wonder if this is how people felt when radio was put in cars… assuming there was a time when cars were without radio.
One safety challenge here I will never understand is the failure of people - so far every driver I have seen here - to stop behind a school bus when a child is obviously getting off. This is a big yellow bus with flashing lights and a stop sign.
Children are exiting the bus, and it is usually curb-side, but it is still drives me mad that people fly past in their cars.
I stop. People behind me honk. They proceed to go around me and the bus. I shake my head.
From his car seat, my six year old asks why this is not safe. I explain to him that a child could get hit by a car. I feel incredibly sad that anyone would be in such a hurry to jeopardize a child getting off a school bus. I hate when the cold reality of carelessness chips away at his innocence as he comes to realize these things.
I wonder how he perceives it. Why would an adult not stop for a child? He is at the age where he still believes most adults are kind and good. Does it sadden him a bit to know people do not care.
As a young diabetic, he does not ride the bus yet. Someday he might. This issue will only add to my hesitation to let him ride the bus too soon.
Articles I have read state it is punishable with a fine. I'm not sure how many are fined. I just really hope more people will stop.
Please stop for buses.. and pedestrians too while we're at it.
Rant over.
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