About Joseph Boyle
Joe’s life is divided into 3+1 chapters. Chapter I: 25+ years in business including Estate Planning with New York Life, Revenue Officer with the U.S. Treasury Department, Sales Representative and gas main Extension King with Washington Natural Gas Company, Real Estate Broker, investor, developer, and property manager. Chapter II: 25 years in public service as a Pierce County Deputy Sheriff between the ages of 45 and 70. Chapter III: Began with an April Fool’s Day 2013 retirement and involves The Arts including Writing, Comedy, and the Blues. Currently Joe is a creator on Westside Story, The Benny's & Joey’s Quiz with Publisher Ben Sclair and Double Take with author / columnist Susanne Bacon. Joe has performed as an actor locally and done stand-up comedy in Seattle, Tacoma, New Jersey, and Las Vegas. Chapter +1 (or 4) finds Joe and his family leaving Washington state after 77 year of residency to the Westside of the Atlantic Ocean in a state named Delaware. Because Joe has left many friends in western Washington, he remains interested in the territory of his former Westside Story beat.
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Good stuff Ben. Thank you.
I see we could have been a tad more clear on the third scenario of this Benny’s & Joey’s Quiz.
Essentially, a set of 3, easy to remember, rules make you a competent and safe driver when interacting with school buses.
THREE RULES:
1) Two lanes regardless of which direction you and the school bus are traveling; ALWAYS STOP.
2) Three or more lanes when you are traveling in the same direction as the school bus, ALWAYS STOP.
3) Three or more lanes when you and the school bus are traveling in opposite directions. DO NOT STOP.
As drivers, we all want to have a clear understanding of the material taught in this particular Benny’s & Joey’s Quiz. Traffic tickets for school bus violations run up around $400. More importantly, no one wants to injure a child.
Joey
Excellent review of school bus rules. I’d like to see a similar quiz about stopping for emergency vehicles (fire, ambulance, law enforcement). You might want to wait a few weeks, so that your readers won’t confuse the two issues.
What a cool idea! Thank you.
Benny’s & Joey’s Quiz works online and in the regular subscription of the Suburban Times, but does not seem to work properly with our first effort of forwarding a VIP copy via Instant Joe. Sorry. We will work it.
Joseph Boyle
Perfect timing to review school bus traffic rules. Now, how about a review of how to handle situations involving construction and traffic control flaggers? It seems that most drivers feel the STOP/SLOW paddle is no more than a suggestion.
A great way to reviews the rules of the road!
Joey,
I answered all three questions correctly. Do I get a gold star? Or, a free coffee at TCC?
Thanks for the laughs and effort to educate drivers.
Jimmy