I'm a school bus driver and one of my coworkers has a funny story like this. She finished her run one afternoon and then parked the bus in its spot in the bus yard. When she walked to the back of the bus to deactivate the "no child left behind" alarm (the horn starts blaring if you stop the bus and open the door before hitting this switch in the back) a kid popped up from behind a seat and yelled "boo". The driver asked the kid what she was doing still on the bus and the kid said she "just wanted to see where the buses sleep at night".
Can you explain what the "no child left behind" alarm is? I've tried duckduckgoing it, but, it's just giving me references from the uk gov site, and I don't know of it's the same thing, as to me, the government one seems more like an act, and less of an alarm.
It's apparently actually called the Child Check-Mate System. I've never heard it referred to as that after 2+ years of driving. I think drivers just started referring to it as "no child left behind" as a joke about the US federal act by that name.
I'm so pleased that bus welfare is being taken seriously
I'm a school bus driver and one of my coworkers has a funny story like this. She finished her run one afternoon and then parked the bus in its spot in the bus yard. When she walked to the back of the bus to deactivate the "no child left behind" alarm (the horn starts blaring if you stop the bus and open the door before hitting this switch in the back) a kid popped up from behind a seat and yelled "boo". The driver asked the kid what she was doing still on the bus and the kid said she "just wanted to see where the buses sleep at night".
TIL buses have a "no child left behind" alarm.
That's a pretty cool idea for an alarm, sounds like it paid off
Yeah, it's embarrassing when I forget to hit it once every few months, but it does serve a purpose.
Can you explain what the "no child left behind" alarm is? I've tried duckduckgoing it, but, it's just giving me references from the uk gov site, and I don't know of it's the same thing, as to me, the government one seems more like an act, and less of an alarm.
It's apparently actually called the Child Check-Mate System. I've never heard it referred to as that after 2+ years of driving. I think drivers just started referring to it as "no child left behind" as a joke about the US federal act by that name.
Ohhh, that's pretty cool honestly.
In a natural world with objective indifference, somebody put in an effort to come up with a lie to keep someone warm and happy. 💖