This morning, the AJC reports the death of a young girl in Clarkston after she was hit by a driver passing the MARTA bus that she just exited.   In this case, the driver crossed the yellow line and attempted to pass the bus. But you don’t have to break the law to seriously harm or kill someone, from this

This tragic accident brought back memories of an incident from a couple months back when a Decatur resident’s dog was run over by a driver doing the exact same thing, except in that case the MARTA bus had stopped to let the pedestrian and his dog cross the street in a crosswalk.  The driver, who hit the dog and nearly missed the man, assumed the bus was dropping someone off and passed on the left.

Jonesing to pass a MARTA bus to shave a couple minutes off your commute is a real problem with real consequences.  Others might be O.K. with the 1 in 100,000 odds that nothing will happen, but I’m not doing it anymore.

If I end up behind a stopped MARTA bus in the future, I’m just going to wait.  No more passing, even if I have a lane available.  It’s just not worth it.