All too often they are old and "retired" from hauling around schoolkids. (Reply #4)

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Wed Mar 29, 2017, 07:37 PM

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4. All too often they are old and "retired" from hauling around schoolkids.

So they are old and sometimes dangerously worn out or badly maintained, not to mention old unsafe equipment.

The bus in this accident looks a lot newer, one of those small van/buses.

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
At least 12 dead in Texas church bus crash, police say [View all]	Chicago1980	Mar 2017	OP
very tragic	Skittles	Mar 2017	#1
My feelings exactly	MrScorpio	Mar 2017	#6
it is 13 casualties now	Skittles	Mar 2017	#7
How sad about those boys	LeftInTX	Mar 2017	#10
brothers	Skittles	Mar 2017	#13
These church buses seem disproportionately accident prone. Poor driver?	CurtEastPoint	Mar 2017	#2
I think it was the pick-up driver	LeftInTX	Mar 2017	#3
It's definitely the fault of the pickup driver	jmowreader	Apr 2017	#14
To people that complain about texting-and-driving laws	christx30	Apr 2017	#17
All too often they are old and "retired" from hauling around schoolkids.	Archae	Mar 2017	#4
The old extended vans of Ford and Chrysler were prone to rollover crashes	AngryAmish	Mar 2017	#8
What is the ratio and the base?	LanternWaste	Mar 2017	#11
In this case it appears to be the fault of the other driver, not the bus driver.	yellowcanine	Mar 2017	#12
I went to a concert a few weeks ago.	Initech	Apr 2017	#15
A huge tragedy	GulfCoast66	Mar 2017	#5
Update from BBC	nitpicker	Mar 2017	#9
Driver of truck that killed 13 in bus crash admits he was texting the whole time	Baclava	Apr 2017	#16

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