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Old November 10th 08, 08:52 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:47:48 +0000, Roland Perry wrote
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07:59:55 on Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Stimpy remarked:
I do believe we should go to an American system of school buses, and
parents should as a result be prohibited from taking their cars to
schools).


What about those who don't live on a school bus route?


School bus routes are remarkably pervasive.

What about kids driving themselves to school?


American schools generally have sufficiently large car parks that
parking's not a problem. As for traffic, I think that High School hours
are usually somewhat after the morning rush hour (normal businesses open
at 8am, of course).


I appreciate that but the different situation over here would preclude
exclusively adopting the US model