Comments on: Female Bus Driver Attacked By Passenger

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:42:11 +0000

You’re calling Nationalist Groups racists. I assume you would include the PLP in that? They spend a lot of time pushing a nationalist agenda.

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:59:42 +0000

I guess I proved him wrong again, next time don’t make stupid comments off emotions.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 04:20:43 +0000

Don’t argue with a fool for he has far more experience thasn you & will quickly drag you down to his level & beat you with his experience.

By: Rheyn

Rheyn — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:43:59 +0000

I don’t condone this behaviour, however I will say that the attitudes of some of these bus drivers is deplorable. Some are nasty and do almost anything to ruin your day… Maybe the attitudes of the bus drivers need to be checked as well.

By: Bermuda boy

Bermuda boy — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:31:57 +0000

Tighten up on both drivers and passengers. I’m not saying it is right to assault any drivers but some do need anger management courses.

By: Family Man

Family Man — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:08:21 +0000

I hope its a better GPS system than the taxis have!

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:17:34 +0000

Poor Bermuda Bus Drivers…

http://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=S4q798QaRus&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS4q798QaRus%26sns%3Dfb

By: nuff said:-

nuff said:- — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:19:06 +0000

BRING ON THE TASERS for all of the drivers. Once the public is aware that drivers are equipped with a TASER they will exercise care when dealing with the drivers. No one in their RIGHT mind wants a blast from a taser.

By: Gladiminschool

Gladiminschool — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:14:40 +0000

http://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=S4q798QaRus&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS4q798QaRus%26sns%3Dfb

Put that in your search bar and take a look…A BERMUDIAN on a bus talking to the driver. Disgusting.

By: nuff said:-

nuff said:- — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:06:35 +0000

I have to agree with you on the first part but we do not need another commission. We know the problems, we just need to fix them starting in the home then move on to the school system.
We are not meeting the real needs of our children and there lies the problem. We are too busy seeing that they make the academic grades but fail to understand that some of our students are not academic and need to have their needs met as well. We need to stop blaming teachers and blame the Department of Education for their blatant refusal to understand EDUCATION for/of the MASSES!

By: Bermuda Boy

Bermuda Boy — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:03:18 +0000

Mazumbo…. More verbal spew….go away. The only thing you think about all day is….RACE,RACE,RACE!!!!!

By: SAHM

SAHM — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:36:33 +0000

Although I agree with you, pepper spray would also take its toll on both the driver and any other passengers if administered on a bus. Taser them instead!

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:57:50 +0000

You don’t think ANY group on a whole are racist any more I guess you haven’t heard of Skin Heads, Neo-Nazi’s, Klan Groups, etc, etc. SMFH

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:20:55 +0000

That’s what I thought. Nothing to say.

You’re a joke.

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:42:23 +0000

You don’t think ANY group on whole are racist anymore WTF, Aryan Nation, Creativity Movement/World Church of the Creator, Klan Groups, National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, The Nationalist Movement, White Revolution, these are factual groups and I don’t think the whole race of white people are racist but there are groups within the white race that are ,like you have groups of whites in Bermuda that wouldn’t publicize their racist views but live it subliminally!!!

By: Come Correct

Come Correct — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:38:01 +0000

I like your enthusiasm and your reference to the culprit but realistically you have almost 30 other passengers young and and old, that leaves the government wide open for a law suit if someone other than the perp is injured. Give them tasers just the hand helds. Not much better than watching 500,000 volts course through someone’s body as they excrete in their own pants. Roll them out the door (or kick) and carry on.

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:24:49 +0000

YYYAAAWWWNNN Um watching Hidden Colors

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:57:54 +0000

Um…

It’s not me that “steers off”… that’d be you, posting some little tantrum that has nothing to do with what was posted before… EVERY time.
See, the difference between you and me – besides you being a vile racist – is that I actually address the things you say. You don’t. Never have. You just spew hate, over and over.

You’re used to me calling you a racist because you ARE a racists. I’ve explained why many, many times before.
Historical atrocities do not give you carte blanche to deem, treat, portray other people as morally or integrally inferior based solely on their race, which you have done, many, many times.
Black people aren’t racist, not as a whole. I don’t think ANY group on the whole are racist any more (you, of course, have made it very clear that you disagree).
However, individuals ARE racist.

You are one of those individuals, for the reasons I have explained.

Now, are you going to defend your behaviour? Are you going to hide behind this ridiculous “Black people can’t be racist…” thing? Or are you going to do your usual and either run away like the coward you are or lash out again with more false, racist accusations that have nothing to do with what I posted?

“Factual things I say…” HA! That is a laugh.
Anything factual you might say has been twisted and spun to suit your racist political agenda.

By: Sick B

Sick B — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:50:25 +0000

hit the accelerator, then jam brakes. culprit full of glass as it is ejected through the windscreen, then run over it

By: Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:41:22 +0000

Speaking of anger management issues. Try to relax Joonya. You’re going to give yourself a coronary occlusion.

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:39:42 +0000

I’m used to him calling me a racist, that’s his defense off steering away from factual things I say. That’s why I remind him and his followers from time to time of the History of this Island and why we think like we think, and I’m tired of telling him Black people are not racist because we never benefited economically ,socially, Geographically or otherwise at the expense of another race and considered them inferior, but eventually he’ll get it.

By: real deal

real deal — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:24:24 +0000

She is lucky she not get the Cleveland bus driver that dishes out uper cuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x4OaY22mXo

By: real deal

real deal — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:19:31 +0000

So much garbage up west, thats why i dont even feel like going up there. Ill stick to my St Davis

By: not surprised

not surprised — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:02:44 +0000

honestly bus drivers as rude as f*** not surprised this happened

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:01:54 +0000

And, presumably, fired from her job.

By: Keepin' it Real...4Real!

Keepin' it Real...4Real! — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:17:30 +0000

Spare the rod and spoil the child!! its your fault not theirs.

By: acegurl

acegurl — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:56:50 +0000

shouldn’t been chattin wif hur man….

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:56:34 +0000

Unlike you, I always watch what I say.

Go read it again

By: Suzie Quattro

Suzie Quattro — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:34:44 +0000

The word ‘them’ refers to stereotypes.

You said “so it was a stereotype” and MH said “you should know, seeing how familiar you are with them”.

Of course, you don’t read it properly and jump to completely the wrong conclusion, and manage to add in an accusation that someone has said something racist. How unusual.

By: mazumbo

mazumbo — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:12:53 +0000

Who’s THEM, watch what you say you might get fired.

By: Joonya

Joonya — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:56:41 +0000

WTF are you talking about?? Literally kicking the little pr*ck out off the bus to stop her from further ASSAULT (physical violence) is self defense numbnuts. Jesus some people on this island are stuck on stupid and will defend everything.. SMFH no wonder we have a backwards society.

By: Ride

Ride — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:55:19 +0000

I think those kinds of buses have a driver’s side door that they driver enters and exits from. If I remember correctly, there is a way to exit through the partition but it is an emergency exit only.

The current crop of buses have not driver’s side door. Retrofitting a partition would be in effect trapping them in the bus with the assailant blocking their exit. Who would want that?

They would need to work the partition and driver’s side door into bus designs. This would increase the price of them. However, with such a feature perhaps buses could run later a night, particularly on weekends. The drivers would have a barrier of protection from any inebriated passengers and generally feel and be safer from potential trouble makers.

Small high-def cameras are as cheap as chips these days as well as some cables, a drive to store the video on and a small screen to display the monitoring. Get a few quotes from some car detailers. It shouldn’t be too costly to retrofit buses with this. But I’m not certain where the legislation fits in with this.

Ride

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:26:30 +0000

Absoultely disgusted that a 21 year old grown woman would act so stupid. No one should carry on when told what they need to do to get on the bus. Hope all is well with the driver They lucky, that the driver took in considerdation her job. Makes one want to just cluck her real hard and put her off the bus stop. Hopefully captured on telephone cameras as extra evidence.

By: Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:18:39 +0000

Some serious anger management issues here in Bermy. Regardless of the situation, physical violence is never the right choice. Unless of course one is defending themselves or another from physical violence.
Too many people here are just too quick to lash out. Where is the love?

By: JustSayin

JustSayin — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:55:20 +0000

I don’t condone violence but let me say this. A lot of these female drivers need to take up a course called Bus Driver Etiquette. I travel by the bus and some of these female drivers are absolutely terrible!!!! If you drop in the wrong fare ( and yes sometimes it is an honest mistake ) they speak down to you. I have experienced this myself. Hey lady where you going??? Really are you serious??!!! You can’t say excuse me and be polite??? I can see that bus driver now. The young girl dropped in change was short and that bus driver spoke down to her. Like I said I don’t condone violence. The rest of you RUDE FEMALE drivers beware.You need to come at people with respect and than you will get it.

By: SERZ TALK

SERZ TALK — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:38:57 +0000

why dont you just put the plexiglass cage around the driver like ALL busses in NYC have? Then you can lock the bus doors and wait for police to arrive.

From a comfort stand point its actually pretty nice having your own climate control

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:32:50 +0000

GPS monitored hidden panic buttons. Will summon Police if activated. Gorham’s has them…$19.99

By: bozey

bozey — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:29:37 +0000

Good idea…BUT how many actually work?? Or even turned on?!

By: #FUNNY

#FUNNY — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:16:59 +0000

while not for violence, I co-sign the kick in the chest.

*snicker….

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:11:30 +0000

You should know, seeing how familiar you are with them.

It’s almost funny how outraged you get when someone says something even a little bit similar to the things you do.

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:56:36 +0000

Ok so it was stereotype, thought so.

By: Django unchained

Django unchained — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:54:26 +0000

I am sure all buses are equipted with radios. Why not devise a code to alert the dispatch that the driver needs police assistance.

By: frank

frank — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:49:09 +0000

when they find her she should be banned from all public transportation

By: 1minute

1minute — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:33:48 +0000

“after a verbal exchange” did the 2 have history, if so the driver can tell the police who it was.
The main verbal exchange I have with bus drivers is saying Good Morning when I get on and Thank You when I get off, and neither statement has ever ended in an assualt.

By: swing voter

swing voter — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:31:14 +0000

no race card here Mazumbo….some of us just think we deserve more just because. Race has nothing to do with it. BTW it was Ewart that used the term ‘attitude of entitlement’ in several instances….and he is right. Some think they deserve what they haven’t earned…and that woman ain’t no where near being a senior or a student….you got it yet?

By: tricks are for kids

tricks are for kids — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:27:50 +0000

Always ONE person that brings politics into it…SMH……Anyway I digress, how does this passenger think that she could ride for free…Where she boarded the bus is not even a “transfer stop” so she would have to pay…..if you don’t want to pay “ankle express” is free…SMH…..Hope that a solution is found soon……

By: buzz

buzz — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:27:45 +0000

Joonya you are a tough Cookie !

By: David Henry

David Henry — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:20:53 +0000

Agreed. Give them all a stun gun. *zzzt*

By: Mazumbo

Mazumbo — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:12:56 +0000

Is this a good time to call for the race card or steryotyping ?

By: mixitup

mixitup — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:11:54 +0000

I hope they find her and make an example of her!