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# Now just wait a second
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/now-just-wait-a-second-editor/
- Published: 2007-09-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:48:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Glenn Stacey Big Blue Driver*

The unfortunate accident that occurred Wedneday evening involving Big Blue Bush and pedestrian is a sad occurrence. (”Mean streets,” page 1, Sept. 6) However, it is just one of thousands of near accidents that went the full course this time. Cars, bike riders and pedestrians all take un-needed chances everyday. We all need to take some level of responsibility for our own safety. As a driver for Big Blue, I can tell you that every driver in The Big Blue Bus should be commended for saving people from their own stupidity several times a day, every day. Cars turn in front of oncoming buses, people jump in front of buses without looking to see if they are safe and bicycles try to squeeze between the bus and the curb or try to pass a bus on the left as it is pulling away from a bus stop. While I cannot say at what level the Big Blue driver is at fault, it seems to me that anyone who does not check to make sure that it is safe to cross a street, whether in the right of way or not, is putting themselves in jeopardy of being hit by a car, bus, truck or whatever. We as bus drivers are on the alert for everything that moves in our path, but while we are professional drivers in every sense of the word, we are not super human with 360 degree vision or super reaction ability, but we are close to it.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 8, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090807.pdf?ref=smdp.com)