Shorter TLDR: Driver outside bus, no report of why, or why it was not secured. Girl on bus steers it away and hits brake while driver panics and tries to stop bus by holding on to and being dragged by the mirror.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah the lack of mention about why the bus didn't have its handbrake on, or of any investigation into that matter, was a bit weird.

[–] abhibeckert 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From the article: "The incident has been reported to officers from Richmond Police District who have commenced an investigation."

If I was the driver's lawyer, I'd be instructing him to keep his mouth shut for the entirety of that investigation and whatever criminal charges might follow.

At the start of the video the bus is stopped on a downhill, so the handbrake must have been on. Did it fail or did a student release the brake? Whatever the answer, the driver failed to maintain proper control of the vehicle and and also failed to supervise the kids. A lot of people could have died and he's in big trouble.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

The hill doesn't look particularly steep, and I think the bus was already rolling at the start of the video, seemingly from an even less steep section. I wonder (pure speculation here) if perhaps the bus was at first holding in place thanks to only the resistance provided by being in gear.

[–] sqgl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

~~Article doesn't say she steered it. You say the driver was dragged by the mirror but to me it looks like the driver maybe pushed it away just enough to enter the driveway rather than go over the gutter.~~

~~You can see it veers suddenly when it reaches the driveway. The right wheel reaches it first so that would have made it veer right.~~

And if it did hit the gutter instead it would have slowed, maybe even stopping by the time the rear wheels hit.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Uhhh

"It was heading near the petrol tank and no one was doing anything so I jumped up, got into action and steered it away."

[–] sqgl 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well... no mention except for that part. 😬

[Rips up private investigator licence]

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 11 months ago

Haha been there 😀

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 5 points 1 year ago

This is why we don’t put Otto in charge of the school bus.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Izzy is immune to the bystander effect. It seems to have taken her ~1s to take action, which is remarkable.

[–] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

What amazing initiative and sharp problem solving skills! We need this girl coordinating our response to the climate crises

[–] sqgl 2 points 1 year ago

Article doesn't say she steered it. Did the driver push it away, aided by the driveway?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A 14-year-old girl has saved a school bus from a runaway disaster at Casino in New South Wales' north.

The bus, loaded with about 20 school students, was sitting on the corner of Frederick Street and Queensland Road.

But when the bus started moving towards a petrol bowser and mini-mart, year 9 Casino High School student Izzy Miller noticed the driver's seat was empty.

She jumped into the driver's seat and, using her powers of deduction, quickly pressed one of the pedals to test if it was the brake.

CCTV footage from the Casino mini-mart captured the frightening moments on camera.

"The [school] principal said that if Izzy hadn't acted the way she did that day, he would have been making some very different phone calls," she said.

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