Comments on: Metro Bus…Is It Safe? http://livinginthedistrict.com/2008/10/14/metro-busis-it-safe/ It's simply about living life in the District of Columbia. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:10:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ric http://livinginthedistrict.com/2008/10/14/metro-busis-it-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Ric Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:17:54 +0000 http://livinginthedistrict.com/?p=835#comment-363 As a regular rider of the 30's routes, my overall sense is that we are safe on the bus. Sure some drivers seem a bit aggressive at times. If one is looking to understand the safety issue for buses - spend a day riding at front of bus so you can watch the crazy S**T the drivers must put up with everyday. And I am not talking about the folks in the bus. Commuter buses from MD, taxis, and folks in a hurry to wait in the next block ... Sure a bus hits someone/something and the damage is real and significant. What's amazing to me is they hit so few of the real targets presented to them each day. R As a regular rider of the 30’s routes, my overall sense is that we are safe on the bus. Sure some drivers seem a bit aggressive at times. If one is looking to understand the safety issue for buses – spend a day riding at front of bus so you can watch the crazy S**T the drivers must put up with everyday. And I am not talking about the folks in the bus. Commuter buses from MD, taxis, and folks in a hurry to wait in the next block …

Sure a bus hits someone/something and the damage is real and significant. What’s amazing to me is they hit so few of the real targets presented to them each day.
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]]> By: Justin Thorp http://livinginthedistrict.com/2008/10/14/metro-busis-it-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Justin Thorp Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:06:16 +0000 http://livinginthedistrict.com/?p=835#comment-362 I remember one day walking by 2nd and East Capitol. A bus took a wrong turn down a road and the Capitol police were asking the bus to back up. The bus backed up right into a car. It pushed the car about 20 feet before the cops were able to tell the police officer to stop. I remember one day walking by 2nd and East Capitol. A bus took a wrong turn down a road and the Capitol police were asking the bus to back up. The bus backed up right into a car. It pushed the car about 20 feet before the cops were able to tell the police officer to stop.

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