Will Ashford's Recycled Words

That guy wins respect from me. And here I was thinking that I drove through the most awesome "puddle" ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7nvKLwc2w4&feature=

god protects little children and Nicaraguan bus drivers and their passengers, this week.

That was definitely ms. frizzle driving that thing. they probably cut the video off right before it turned into a spaceship and flew off.

I guess I am tHe only one who thought of Mrs. crabtree from South Park, episode City on the Edge of Forever. Where the bus goes over a waterfall.
B.S.M.W.E.Y.

Well the two guys on top can jump off quickly but I hope the driver has the window wound down or else he will end up with a terminal wound.
See what water can do to horseless carriages here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY

@Larfin Jackarse - jump off where? They'd surely get swept off the raging water and drown!

Man, my heart just stopped. I'm not sure if they're all lucky or stupid or both or what. Well, they are lucky they didn't go tumbling down the river.

Is that bus full of children? Good lord.

I bet there were no atheists on that bus – you'd hafta believe in an afterlife to stay on that mad ride! Holy hell. :D

@ Larfin Jackarse - that little window on the drivers side is not going to do much of anything in the event the bus goes over.  It is a slider type window and very small. Opposite of that the other side there is the service door, which is only locked by a small latch that can be flipped open by a thumb. The windows on school busses are made to be able to be kicked out, in the event of an emergency, and other means of egress are not available.
So if that bus went over, the first thing that would happen would be the roof might crumple, but not too much because there is some support. then the windows would probably bust out if it was to roll over and it was hit by rocks, branches, people..etc... Closing the window is pointless.

You can drive a school bus through water. A "safe" limit would be if the water is not moving faster that 8 ft a second, and the water level is no higher than 2feet. I put safe in quotes, because you really cannot gauge the speed of the water. IMO trying to traverse a flooded roadway, when you cannot see what is under the water, is just dangerous.

The two guys on top are spotters. The driver did not go across completely "blind".  You can see the two individuals in the second video, on the roof of the bus that was waiting to cross  the opposite direction. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZAs0BL_5Qs&feature

@ Mad Molecule-No. That is a "chicken bus". Central and South America are where old school busses go to die. Here in the US many school busses are not allowed to operate after a certain amount of mileage is on them. Many end up "south of the border" where they continue life as a form of public transportation.
Wiki "chicken bus" to learn more.

Exceptionally food hardy and also exceptionally lucky! Great post!

Thanks for the info, Frau. Very interesting.

Desert Bus, this is not.