Here is a question addressed to anyone who holds a driver’s license and drives a car regularly.

What do College Avenue, Woodley Road, two equilateral triangles and about 24 simultaneous heart attacks all have in common?

If you’re having trouble figuring it out, here’s some help. College Avenue and Woodley Road meet by means of an intersection on the East side of the Kishwaukee River near the Music Building.

Two equilateral triangles refer to the pair of yield signs posted there. Twenty-four is the average number of people aboard the No. 2 bus coming back from town that passes through that intersection.

The heart attacks (temporary though they are) are had by those 24 people as the bus driver makes a gallant (and successful—this time) attempt to avoid being rammed by an ignorant motorist who has no concept of what yield signs are about.

Come on! It hasn’t been that long since driver’s ed, has it? I think some people need to be recycled through the program. Maybe they just need a little help from Webster.

As a bus driver, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to slam on the brakes for some idiot who thinks he/she is a real hotshot and ended up driving a bus full of dazed and stunned passengers back to the student center.

Here’s a fact that I hope scares the —- out of someone. A 30,000 pound bus traveling at 20-25 mph has much more momentum and is harder to stop than a 4,000 pound car traveling at the same speed or higher.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out that if the two happen to meet, the car is going to lose and someone is going to get hurt!

The bus drivers are doing the best they can to get people to where they’re going safely. Hey, give us a hand, huh? Get your mind on the road and out of the glovebox!

James C. Nerstheimer

Sophomore

Music