# Why do school bus drivers open the door at railroad tracks?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-school-bus-drivers-open-the-door-at-railroad-tracks/800036>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-school-bus-drivers-open-the-door-at-railroad-tracks/800036 "2017-10-27T23:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-school-bus-drivers-open-the-door-at-railroad-tracks/800036/61 "2018-01-06T06:40:49Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> Well, since you asked: [Scroll down to the comments.](http://www.funnysigns.net/vip-waiting-room/)

Yes, that’s mine, all right. I added the comment from the Berlitz book there as well. I admit it.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-school-bus-drivers-open-the-door-at-railroad-tracks/800036/62 "2018-01-06T06:46:30Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> [That googles up some interesting signs](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%B0%8F%E5%BF%83&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY5Ljrlb_YAhVq04MKHbIDCHkQ_AUICigB&biw=1056&bih=509).

小心= Safety First. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-school-bus-drivers-open-the-door-at-railroad-tracks/800036/63 "2018-01-06T13:00:06Z")

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Is it just me, or does “caution” look a lot like a suspension bridge?

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-school-bus-drivers-open-the-door-at-railroad-tracks/800036/64 "2018-01-06T17:35:36Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> […]  
> It makes some connotative sense as an idiom based on the idea of “heart” as being shorthand for “chutzpah” […]

As an aside, I would like to see how various words from Yiddish would be rendered into Chinese… 🙂

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