Hows My Driving

Afterthoughts: How's My Driving?

I didn’t say the driver was “allegedly” reading the newspaper, because there was photographic evidence—a rider shot video of the scene using her cellphone. Also, the bus driver admitted to it, according to reporting by Keoki Kerr, of KITV 4 News. Yet TheBus didn’t fire the driver, instead suspending him for 30 days without pay. In Kerr’s report, sources say that officials don’t normally fire a driver for a first offense. Remember this headline? From another story by Kerr, in September 2008: “Bus Driver Suspended For Playing Games While Driving.” Video footage shot by a rider shows a driver steering his multi-ton bus while also playing his electronic game. With his right foot up on the dashboard. That enterprising multitasker was suspended for two weeks without pay. News like this isn’t unique to Hawaii. Last year, New Jersey Transit suspended a driver who took passengers on a scary ride, blowing by stops, barely keeping his eyes open and swerving across Route 22. I also found some nice video footage of a Jersey “Look Ma, No Hands” bus driver steering with his left foot. But maybe that’s how they do it back East. Hey, how about some walking papers for guys like these? I’m not being vindictive. It’s called acting swiftly and decisively. There’s a huge difference between mistakes, which all of us make; accidents, which sometimes happen despite our best efforts, and total disregard. Inattentive drivers ignore their responsibility to not only a bus filled with people, but to every other driver, vehicle and pedestrian they encounter. Long before you could get gourmet tacos, dim sum, or cupcakes on wheels, you could always rely on the ice cream truck to find its way to your neighborhood. This week's PLAY brings you back some of those small-kid-time memories:  $10 gets you $20 in vouchers  to spend at the  Lickety Split  ice cream truck for cool and tasty treats all summer long!  was on the food truck scene  before  it was cool.

Words of Grace: How's my driving?

The apostle Paul recognised the power of a person’s life. He not only sought to set a good example himself, but encouraged his young disciple Timothy to do the same: ‘Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and purity.

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