A few weeks ago we were behind a school bus, and I mentioned to my wife 
I am a firm believer in "anarchy" which is not the "chaos" that the main-stream media tries to associate it with; rather, it breaks down to "an-archy" meaning "no rulers" just as "mon-archy" means "one ruler". What "mon-archy" means is that there is one person who rules, who is above the rules, and cannot face consequences of their actions because the rules don't apply to them.
"An-archy" isn't the lack of rules; we'll always have rules, whether they're codified or not. "Common Law" rules have been building for centuries, and is the right way to resolve disputes. (Admiralty law, which you know you're under if the flag has yellow fringe around it, is not the best way to resolve disputes because it criminalizes behaviors which do not have a victim; if you haven't harmed anybody, then what you're doing cannot be criminal!)
Whenever rules don't apply to one or more persons, it means that killers are potentially being created.
A few years ago, this son of a local cop (so it wasn't in the papers) totaled my friends' car, then my car, then my sports car, and finally the truck he was driving. Five minutes prior I had thought to move my first car into the driveway, but then thought, "my friends' car will protect it." I wasn't thinking "physically"; merely, that someone would see their car and decide not to hit it, and thus, would miss mine as well.
Had I gone out and moved the car, I'd have been backing into the driveway as he hit -- and he would have hit squarely the driver's door, most likely killing me.
Having his father and the "blue wall" protect him from the consequences of his actions means that he's likely to drive drunk (or sleepy, or on his phone -- we'll never know why he chose not to pay attention to the road) again, and do more damage the next time.
Back to my original point: why do school buses get special treatment?
And, why don't school buses need to obey the "seatbelts for every passenger" laws?
A week or two later, I drove by a school as it was getting out, and the children were running into the street and causing traffic issues. These weren't "children", they were teenagers in a middle school. I said that I think the speed limit laws near schools encourage children's worse behavior! If children had to face the consequences of their "dancing on the lava fields" behaviors, perhaps only by witnessing what happens to their classmates, then they'd develop a better pattern of behavior that would be more conducive to continuing breathing.
Coddling just results in those coddled, needing and wanting further coddling.
My great-great grandmother was married at the age of 13. She might have been the same age as the children at the upper end of that middle school -- but she'd never be caught playing in traffic!
School buses should be required to have seatbelts for every passenger, and should not have any more rights than an 18-wheeler. And, government schools should not exist either, but that's a rant for another day. :)
Enjoy!
