Livin' it up in Ben Franklin's town. Riding a bike in the city; damn! watch out for those trolley tracks (slippery when wet!) Whoa, that's what a hoochie mama looks like! I don't think I'm in Delaware anymore.....

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Second time in a week.

What's up with School Bus drivers?
I've always hated them when riding my bike, now I have more reasons to think they are unqualified:

By TERRI SANGINITIThe News Journal
11/09/2005
A school bus driver attracted a lot of attention when he didn't stop after hitting the sign for North Georgetown Elementary School, where he had come to pick up students, police said Tuesday.
Witnesses called police about 2:50 p.m. Monday to report the crash at the school at 664 N. Bedford St., Georgetown police Detective John Tyndall said.
It was a good thing they did, he said.

Bus driver Michael Esterson, 47, of Georgetown, was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after the investigating officer detected a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. The bus driver subsequently failed a portable sobriety test, Tyndall said.
Esterson, who was on his way to drive students home from school, had a blood-alcohol reading of triple the state's limit of 0.08 percent, Tyndall said.
"No children were on the bus," Tyndall said. "He was going to pick them up."
Tyndall said Esterson was taken to Milford Memorial Hospital so blood could be drawn to determine the degree of intoxication more accurately.
Indian River schools Assistant Superintendent Earl Savage said Tuesday that Esterson was a contractor for Walton Bus Service. He did not work for the district.
Calls to the bus company were not returned.
Savage said Esterson will not be driving the bus "until further notice."

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