Originally Posted by
CliftonGK1
Not that it isn't an option, but if you re-read my original post, a city bus ending up sideways on the ice in front of me was the cause for this morning's dismay.
If I'm going to go sideways, I'd like to know that A) It's my own damned fault, and B) I'm in control of trying to fix it. The video footage of a couple busses hanging over a 15' retaining wall above the highway last winter sort of soured my opinion of the public transit option around here.
A few years ago I was waiting at a stop for a bus and the roads were snowy/icy. The driver didn't see me immediately and so he hit the brakes a little harder than he would have otherwise in order to slow down for the stop. It was one of those articulating buses. The whole thing turned sideways and was hurtling toward me. I dove for the ditch. The driver managed to straighten out the bus as it slid by my stop.
I picked myself up, brushed off the snow and walked the half a block to where the bus was. The driver opens the door and as I walked up the stairs he says with a smile: "Bet you're awake now."