Well I don’t like piling too many in one vehicle. We had a rule that no more than two executives could fly in the same plane. I don’t like church vans, or how the Boy Scouts used to travel all together. Recently we had three sisters and three brother in laws in the same van. We could have nearly lost a whole generation
Tredaq can work the odds and I know the more vehicles involved increases the odds of a crash but at least not everyone would be wiped out in one fels swoop.
Neither do I
Because they’re all talking, which makes it harder to concentrate on driving
I just don’t like being around that many people… 
Somehow I don’t believe that . You have hearing problems and vision problems what are you doing driving a van anyway ?
Nothing stops a deaf person from driving a vehicle, and my vision problem is light sensitivity, meaning bright light, such as the bright sun, makes driving uncomfortable without using proper gears.
You don’t have to believe me.
I used to deal with the Deaf and hard of hearing org in Nashville, we serviced their Vans regularly, we either had to wright down what we needed to say each other or use facetime with someone that signed with them and then we spoke, it was quite neat, but the point is, deaf people drove the vans, and since I rarely saw the same people, many different drivers drove these vans in and around downtown Nashville without incident, no more dent and scratches then another vehicle on the road…
The more Volvo talks when it comes to driving, the more I’m convinced he’s never touched the road.
Or he gets a kick out of trolling.
@Volvo is a well-respected member of this forum who’s been here for years. You’re NOT. If anyone’s a troll - it’s you.
Well, I’ve never gotten suspended 
If more members were a little nicer and more respectful on here, the forum might grow new members that stuck around a little longer… just saying…
That’s exactly how it works in the deaf community.
We write on paper for communication purposes. However, depending on if the individual can read plain English, because a lot of deaf people can’t, we now use the feature offered to us on iPhone that allows a hearing and speaking person to directly speak into our phone and the phone will write out what is being spoken.
I do this when the police pulls me over. I tell the cop that I’m deaf and that I want him to speak into my phone and my phone will write out what he/she say. Interestingly, and so far, every single cop that pulled me over already knew about this method for the deaf.
And just to avoid critics from negatively responding to cops pulling me over, cops pull over people for various reasons and not just for violation of the road rules. For example: just until recently a cop pulled me over because my car matched the description of a stolen car that they were looking for. Then another time they were pulling over a lot of random people to check tags.
P.S. to clarify the tag check, the cops pull over multiple vehicle at once to the shoulder of the road, look at the tag on the vehicle’s windshield, then either tell the driver he/she may go or whatnot.
I don’t know what it is called for this kind of stop.
I also find your posting to be an exaggeration at best. It is a generally known fact that most church members are a very forgiving and a generous lot… What you interpret as accolades of your driving, was probably more like exclamations of joy for still being alive.
I truly believe that you should not be driving for your church. You have professed so many problems with your driving skills and a general misunderstand of basic driving rules and laws that it is apparent that you need more than an online driving course…
Now consider this, you have bragged about this Web Site and how the members of CarTalk feel that you should not be on the road; and in light of that, if you do have an accident and even if it is not your fault, any lawyer involved in legal action against you will have a prima facie case of contributory negligence…
Take a real driving course with an in vehicle instructor and do it right and do the online course too…
That’s how I was re-licensed — taking an in vehicle course.
My biggest mistake was to share road experiences with this community in particular. The harsh judgment without merits is incredibly astonishing.
You said I exaggerated, then went on to say I reported having so many problems on the road. What many problems have I reported on here? I want to know the many you are accusing me of.
You referred to these as many and dangerous?
Talk about exaggerating.
Been driving a church van since 2011.
Also, you’ll see many church van are being used as disabled service transit.
This is one issue a deaf person doesn’t have. We can’t hear the distracting chatting.
What an interesting point you just brought up, why would you need to be “Re-licensed?”
But, back on point, you are the one who is having problems with railroad crossings, Flashing Lights, Clanging Bells, even with many crossings that have Drop-down Gates, and you are the one who is apparently so inattentive that a whole road way full of stopped traffic for a school bus, but you did not see it…
And as for getting a ticket in Virginia for just 2-MPH over the limit; well, I just do not believe it unless there are a whole lot of other reasons that you drew the attention of the police officer…
I’ve lived in Virginia for the last 25-years and I know that speeding is considered a “Primary Offense” and in Virginia, the speed limit is whatever is posted.
However, the police so not ticket unless you’re driving ten miles per hour over or 10% plus 2 miles per hour over the speed limit then this is a ticketable offense. It is perfectly lawful for an officer to issue a speeding ticket for 1 mph over the posted limit, though in practice it is uncommon.
So, my guess is if you were really pulled over for 2-MPH over the limit, that officer had a lot of other reasons for wanting to check you out…
There was only one railroad crossing, Mr. Loudthunder. Just one, my friend.
There was only one school bus violation as well, which the court dismissed. Just one my friend.
I’m not here to convince you to believe me. I do not know you personally. I’m just reminding you of what I shared here.
It is very clear you despise me and will exaggerate as much as possible to satisfy your intention. So I’ll drop this now and wish you a great day.
Based on NY law, person with physical and medical issues will need to be re-evaluated upon renewing their license, depending on the severity of the physical condition.
Take care now.
He recognizes his shortcomings while others seem to be oblivious to their own.
There should be - and are - laws regarding the location of school bus stops. Also, there are laws about the placement of school bus stop ahead signs, how close to a students home the bus has to get them, how frequently a bus can stop, and tons of regulations about both the equipment (i.e. the bus) and the driver. Some of those laws are, in a certain location, contradictory. For example, a student has to be let off no farther than a 1/4 of a mile from home. There are locations, either in urban areas due to traffic or rural areas due to topography and visibility where it is challenging to find a sutiable spot to stop. Other replies have made not of the fact that there is the consideration of where a student has to walk. Many rural stops are at student’s driveways.
I’ve had similar instances of reckless disregard for safety and life itself close to as egregious as the video shared in this thread. I’ve been passed on both sides of the bus - even on the right with students being let out of the door. And more than once, I have had parents creeping along in the bus lane at the school as the kids were loading. Don’t assume that the driver has chosen the stop. They are supposed to be assigned and reviewed annually by the transportation director or other staff assigned.