• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Why was a school bus going 68mph? Especially in the UK where much less time is spent on freeways.

      • Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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        2 days ago

        Yea I think its likely it happened there as the speed was given in kph, we still mostly use mph in the UK and I could be wrong as I’m not a parent but I’m not aware of “school buses” really being a thing here. We didn’t have them when I was a kid outside of coach services being brought in for school trips but that was quite some time ago.

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      2 days ago

      I don’t live in the UK but I do drive school bus and we go up to 70 on the freeway. Some districts limit to 60 but that can very often be more dangerous because of the traffic around.

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      2 days ago

      I dunno. Growing up in the 1980s, my school bus drivers did stuff that should have landed them in prison.

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          2 days ago

          I’ve only heard them called motorways in the UK. It’s obviously pretty close to equivalent of course.