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# Letter: Big Blue Bus safety and the need for more onboard security
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/091507-story-20070915-4/
- Published: 2007-09-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:53:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

“NO, I DO NOT THINK THEY DO ENOUGH to ensure public safety. Yes, I feel that more needs to be done. In 15 years I have experienced the following: I have been thrown to the ground due to the quick acceleration because I didn’t get to my seat on time and I laid there sprawled out. I’m 65 years old. No. 2, I have had homeless people plop down in my lap — the bus driver never came to rescue me or help me. By the way, the bus was nearly empty. The bus driver was intimidated or too frightened to help anybody. I have had crazy, insane people standing in the aisles, yelling obscenities, screaming about what they are going to do to people. Once again, the bus driver didn’t do anything or say they were going to kick them out. I feel that any nut, murderer or terrorist can board the Big Blue Bus. It is my opinion that they should have more security on the bus. What is to keep some terrorist with a backpack getting on the bus with some dynamite or a bunch of manure? Yes, there is a lot to be done with the Big Blue Bus or should I say bust?”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 15, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)