Hatchet used in road rage incident on school bus

[jp06]

Two men are facing charges after a road rage incident on Monday afternoon in Etobicoke involving a school bus, a car and a hatchet.

Police say it started when a 21-year-old man got out of his car at a stop light near Islington and Dixon and approached the bus, which wasn’t carrying children.

When the bus driver let the man on, a struggle ensued.

At some point a hatchet was swung, and one of the men was taken to hospital with a cut ear. His injuries aren't considered serious. The other man also suffered minor injuries.

The bus driver has been charged with possession of a dangerous weapon. The other driver has been charged with assault causing bodily harm.

Both have both been released on bail.

"This situation could have been much worse, where somebody could have even gotten killed," Const. Tony Vella told CityNews.
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/207862--hatchet-used-in-road-rage-incident-on-school-bus

So if someone boards your bus, you're not allowed to use force to defend yourself? Amazing police work. Imagine if the bus driver did not have that hatchet, then the situation might have been even worse.

Based on the article, you can probably imagine some loser 21 year old thinking he's tough. So he boards the bus looking for a fight, then he unexpectedly gets beat with a weapon. When the cops arrive, he chickens out and fabricates some story about how he's the victim who tried to "defuse" the situation (yeah right) even though he boarded the bus.

[MrKap]

Hatchets don't kill people, people kill people.


It was probably one of these buses.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Furthur_02.jpg/800px-Furthur_02.jpg



So if someone boards your bus, you're not allowed to use force to defend yourself? Amazing police work. Imagine if the bus driver did not have that hatchet, then the situation might have been even worse.

Um... Canadian law basically makes it's absolutely impossible to be anything other than a victim.

Even then, they masquerade any sort of justice system with criminal offenses which do absolutely nothing to pay retribution to the victim.

This is where the insurance companies win big time.

Learn to play the game, right? Next time the bus drivers should sue the government for poorly placed road signs creating violent tension on the roadways.

[neutral]

Why did he let him on the bus? If it was so he could use the weapon he had, I have no problem with the charges.

[D-Roc]

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/207862--hatchet-used-in-road-rage-incident-on-school-bus

So if someone boards your bus, you're not allowed to use force to defend yourself? Amazing police work. Imagine if the bus driver did not have that hatchet, then the situation might have been even worse.

Based on the article, you can probably imagine some loser 21 year old thinking he's tough. So he boards the bus looking for a fight, then he unexpectedly gets beat with a weapon. When the cops arrive, he chickens out and fabricates some story about how he's the victim who tried to "defuse" the situation (yeah right) even though he boarded the bus.

First, the bus driver did not have to stop to confront the 21 year old. Second, he did not have to let him on the bus.

[mockingjay404]

Hopefully all parties have now learned to bury the hatchet.

[D-Roc]

They need to axe themselves, if the end result was worth it?

[ji2o0k]

In this day and age, resolving arguments with hachets just won't cut it....

Clearly they had an axe to grind...

People need to use words to diffuse the situation...words.....not axes

[FrogPrince]

Why did he let him on the bus? If it was so he could use the weapon he had, I have no problem with the charges.

The doors can be open from the outside. Obviously for safety reasons.

[jp06]

First, the bus driver did not have to stop to confront the 21 year old. Second, he did not have to let him on the bus.

well first of all, the article says the 21 year old approached the bus, and possibly he might have knocked on the door or did something to make the bus driver open the door for him? who knows... but even if the bus driver opened the door, that 21 year old had no right to step in. Obviously the 21 year old was looking for a fight and got more than he expected.

[enforcerviper]

When I took the school bus ages ago, the bus always had a small "axe" (hatchet) for emergency purposes. (ie. fire, rollover). If this is still allowed, it's pretty obvious he used the emergency hatchet.

[Syne]

I'm just glad the bus driver had the chops to do something.

[Fox2k]

Learn to play the game, right? Next time the bus drivers should sue the government for poorly placed road signs creating violent tension on the roadways.

:lol::lol:

[D-Roc]

well first of all, the article says the 21 year old approached the bus, and possibly he might have knocked on the door or did something to make the bus driver open the door for him? who knows... but even if the bus driver opened the door, that 21 year old had no right to step in. Obviously the 21 year old was looking for a fight and got more than he expected.

Yes the 21 year old should not have entered the bus, but the bus driver should never have opened the door or even stopped for that matter. To me that also says the bus driver was looking for a fight/confrontation.

[mbg]

It always made more sense to me to use, say, a hatchet or a gun in a road rage incident. What is the point of getting so worked up and stupid-looking if you're nt going to do anything about it?

[M1K3Z0R]

The axe effect. It happens