Community Suffers And Bus Drivers Suffers - Loose Children Bored And Damaging!

In my younger days there was no such thing as 'rock throwing'. Actually there was when you were on a side of a large lake or riverbank and you would throw the rock and it would skim on top of the water. That was fun! Yet it did not create damage, harm or disarray as a result of the throw.

The modern term 'Rock Throwing' is not skimming a rock on top of the water, in our modern mount Druitt community it provides a ridiculous individual satisfaction to young children as young as nine years old: to aim a stone at Innocent victims, innocent moving targets, Innocent passengers and innocently smash windows, with the goal of upsetting community members and causing potential harm to all involved. These children that do this - i was wondering if they would do it if their parents were driving the bus or if their parents were passengers.

Years ago, I mentioned two ideas to the current State Member for Londonderry and this was obviously not been taken up:

one, was a mounted water hose is on top of the bus (with a full water tank included), as soon as a culprit rock throws, on a push of a button the bus driver can direct the hose onto the culprits direction and a complete gush of water is rushed straight onto the culprit knocking out that person, leaving them motionless and wet until the police arrived.

two, was someone to invent a glass window that would be both rock thrown proof and as soon as the rock was throw on the window the rock would ricocheted back onto the throwing knocking them on the ground , leave them motionless until police3 arrived.

At the same time I raised issues of concern of 'Rock Throwing' of Shalvey etc but I was told that it relates to a different State electorate I would need to go to the Mount Druitt electorate office of the then State Member. I went there and I was told because I don't live in the Mount Druitt electorate I would;d need to raise this issue with the member of Londonderry. So back to square one! Every one was saying go elsewhere.

As community members we are concerned primarily of 'Community first' when it comes to 'Rock Throwing' - in relation to cutting down or diversion of bus services, away of needs of community members that rely on these essential services to make their lives easier. What we tend to neglect to feel for is the individual bus driver, who may suffer from depression, mental illness, mental stress if they are affect by the danger of rock throwers results. How do they recover from this? How would they like to recover? Will they drive again or is there a fear that has been instilled in them/

Now, although the criminal crimes for an adult for rock throwing is law - it appears a young or minor it may not be legislated for this law - they are covered by the 'Young offenders Act'

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - LONG TITLE
An Act to establish procedures for dealing with children who commit certain offences through the use of youth justice conferences, cautions and warnings instead of court proceedings; and for other purposes.

Refer to this website for further details:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/yoa1997181/index.html#longtitle

So you be the judge of what offence is required for injury or damage claim from rock throwing.

Bus Unions are looking to stop or boycott 2 bus services around Mount Druitt Busways
755 and 758 -once we get further news we will advise you. Our goal is to prevent this from happening