How Stupid is TOO Stupid?
By Byron LaMasters
No, I'm not talking about our president, but rather about an Austin schoolbus driver who got a DWI:
An Austin school district bus driver has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated — with children in the bus — after police said they found her at the helm of the bus in Southwest Austin on Friday afternoon.
Christina Bell Lowery, 47, has been released from the Travis County Jail on a $7,500 bond.
Police said a student on the bus called her father during the ride and said she was concerned that the bus had stopped at a fast-food restaurant. The father showed up a few minutes later and called police.
Authorities said the bus then began moving again and eventually ended up on Escarpment Boulevard, where Lowery was arrested.
There ought to be harsher penalties for people who drive schoolbuses while intoxicated. That's just obscenely irresponsible... and stupid.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at September 29, 2003 07:18 PM
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I agree, DWI is bad enough but on a freakin school bus!?! That said, Austin and other communities need to realize that sometimes you get what you pay for. Staff at many, if not most schools, are woefully underpaid, teachers included. (I'd like to see the house in Austin that one could buy with a bus drivers salary.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not sticking up for this lady, I just think it's hypocritical to tell our children how important they are and serve them Grade D meat in the cafeteria. Kids aren't stupid, they see the resources we put into education. I think it's part of the Republican plan to dismantle public education but now I'm getting off topic.
I understand your concern about the Austin School bus driver arrested for DWI but please check the facts. Christina Lowery's breathalyzer test showed no alcohol and blood test results were negative for drugs and alcohol.
Another sober Austin bus driver
