Aside from the obvious twisting turns on a narrow two lane road, with few shoulders, and that kink at Queens Boulevard, which they cannot take unless they straddle both lanes, why are school buses allowed on a road that they simply do not fit on?
Couple that with the fact that the drivers of such vehicles often tailgate, change lanes without signalling, and generally are just bad drivers. For people who make a living performing an activity, shouldn't they generally be better at that particular activity than the general populous? I don't think it is unreasonable to expect a school bus driver to be a better driver than someone who just uses their car to go grocery shopping on the weekends. Shit, I am a damn good cook, but I know that I am not better than Bobby Flay or Gordon Ramsey. Why? Because they do it for a living. If I was better than them, then I'd own restaurants and have TV shows and they'd be dealing with the school bus drivers.
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Totally agree. I ask myself this every day. The Jackie Robinson Parkway is for "Passenger Cars ONLY" - I didn't know buses qualified. Also, since school buses need to take up two lanes in that small narrow section of the parkway (near the Van Wyck exit), they shouldn't be allowed to drive on the parkway if they cannot stay in one lane at all times.
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