Parents Outraged Over Drunk Bus Driver's Punishment

So an NFL football player goes to jail for years for shooting himself in the leg at a night club but a bus drivers who drive intoxictated and endagers the life of innocent children only get 90 days. Why does not someone stand up and make an example out of her!!! FREE PLAXICO!

She wouldn't "intentionally" do this? Did someone force her to drink?
Kudos to the teenagers who confronted her and got the little kids off the bus.

Gee, liquid courage never gave you the ability to drive. How funny drunks are.

I am 30 years old, but this brought back horrible memories for me. When I was a young teenager my father or one of his friends would come and pick me up on a Friday night from my mom's from a bar or a club and be drunk out of there minds. It scared me to death. I remember one time my dad pulling up next to a cop in his big old box style suburban with the black tinted windows, got the cops attention and then pretended to take a swig of a closed beer that he had in his center consul. He laughed and said that the cop wouldn't do anything because he was afraid. Said the cop wouldn't stop someone when he couldn't see in their back windows. He was right the cop didn't do a thing. I don't know if I should be upset that the cop didn't stop him and take me out of his custody or relieved that the cop showed common sense and did not get himself into a position where he potentially could have gotten himself killed.

Typical Blue State

and to think my son got 1 to 3 yrs for 100.00 this girl shouldhave lived in niagra county i assure u she would be doing time thank god the judge did this or who knows what woulfd have become of him this was 16 yrs ago he now has 3 kids and a great dad and husband ,there is more to this but i dont want to go there of course it had something to do with drugs.

Wow, that guy on reply number 9 is an Airforce? I've heard of a guy being a one man Army, but never a one man Airforce tht's incredible. BTW I am an Army veteran and have the greatest respect and gratitude to those serving in the armed forces but this crap that is always showing up under comments is exactly that, CRAP

Just that for a DRUNK bus driver???!!!! She should be fired and have her drivers liscence revoked and be charged with not only child endargerment but driving while intoxicated. She could have killed those kids as she drove like a mad woman. Where's the harsher punishment for this woman?

Once again, WHERE ARE THE SEAT BELTS? This is a great example of the American government's hypocrisy. If YOU don't put your child in a car seat that's strapped down like a NASCAR driver's racing cage, then you can lose your children from endangerment. Oh, but trust them on a bus that doesn't even have seat belts, because the government runs THAT.

Just to add to your comment, I was pretty close to the story of that student's death two years ago, but calling that incident a murder would be a gross overstatement. His cause of death was due to a "loss of blood flow to the brain," and it was concluded after a grand jury that the cause of death was not from the blow from the person in question. That kid is no murderer. The altercation preceding the student's death was started by the deceased student after he broke a bottle over the other kid's head at a party. The whole incident was a tragedy, possibly manslaughter if the grand jury had concluded a different cause of death, but it was NOT murder.

think she should lose her lisense forever and serve time in jail. Hard time. What she did is unforgivable. This should be added to what she has already received. She should NEVER be allowed to drive any vecihle again.

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Totally agree with you isthrnhnst 1

I also agree with you isthrnhnst1

Actually, she most likely did not intend to put those children and others in jeopardy.

That said, her intentions are not excuses. Despite her intentions, the simple facts in this case were that she was drunk and she was driving an occupied bus on a public roadway.

She ultimately put lives needlessly at risk and, thus, while there are things that may explain why this happened, she still has to be responsible for her mistakes, including paying for them.

But, with regard to how other drunk drivers have been prosecuted, she got off easy.

Yes although I think they should take her license for goor there is no way that would of hnappened where I live if that was a kid around here it definately would of been handled diffirent and her Lawyer is a complete Idiot and thats being very generis.

If you leave your PET in a car in hot weather without a window or windows rolled down, you are charged with animal endangerment, fined, etc. If a "parent" is DWI with children in the car, they are charged with child endangerment, lose their license, are fined, are required to attend a "drunk driving classes, quite possible have their children taken away from them, etc. Sooooooooo New York laws are basically saying....it's OK; no big deal, for a school bus driver, as long as they are "sorry" to endanger the lives of a bus load of kids! This is total crap! If I were a parent of one of those children on the bus I would put together a class action suit with other parents and sue whoever hired the woman, find out if her driving record was scrutinized prior to being hired, and give the money to "Mothers Against Drunk Driving" or another organization with similiar clout to put the money towards lobbying for much stronger laws and punishments for ANYONE who endangers children while DWI or DWI.

I have twice been the victim of a drunk driver. Neither of them "intentionally" crashed into my vehicle, but that does not make my injuries and loss (I was pg with triplets) any less devastating. Each of them intentionally drove after drinking. My personal feeling is that drunk drivers should be shot on sight - they are operating a dangerous weapon. Since they don't give a rats arse if they live or die, take them out before they hurt someone else.