School bus no match for Jersey barriers on Guest Street in Brighton

By adamg on Sun, 12/29/2024 - 3:13pm

Bus wound up atop Jersey barriers at Guest and Arthur streets

The driver of this bus atop Jersey barriers at Guest and Arthur streets in Brighton will no doubt have an interesting story to tell his dispatcher how he wound up like that, around 2:10 p.m. No reported injuries.

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By Ari O on Sun, 12/29/2024 - 3:26pm.

Where are they going on a Sunday between Christmas and New Years?

Bus for hire?

By brianjdamico on Sun, 12/29/2024 - 3:33pm.

You can charter a "school bus" the same as you can a coach bus. For shorter distances, with no need for a toilet or luggage storage, the school bus is an affordable alternative to chartering a coach bus.

School buses as general charter

By BostonDog on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 7:51am.

My understanding is that the bus needs to cover or remove the "School Bus" signs if it's being used for anything other than transporting children or returning to storage.

The bus in the photo even has an easy way to charge the sign from the inside of the bus.

Never heard of that

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 7:03pm.

Never seen it done with the school buses that a big charity ride I do every year uses to get people up and down Cape Cod.

It is true in MA, though is it enforced?

By brianjdamico on Wed, 01/01/2025 - 9:59am.

Chapter 90, Section 7B

School buses being operated on a public highway and transporting primarily passengers other than school pupils shall have the words ''SCHOOL BUS'' covered, removed, or otherwise concealed, and stop arms and equipment required by clauses (7) and (11) shall not be activated during the transportation of such passengers;

https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Sect...

I learned something new. Of course, if I never own or operate a school bus, it's not all that pertinent to me since I'm not the one liable for compliance.

I wonder what the legal definition of "pupil" is in Massachusetts, since I do consider myself a student in the school of life...