Bus driver banned from school run after race-abuse outburst
November 22, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
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school coach driver from Leicester banned from school run after racial argument
A bus driver from Leicester has been banned from the school run after racially abusing a parent who was collecting her child from school. The police have also issued the driver with a caution after the incident which occurred at Stonehill High School in Birstall.
Parent, Louise Maynard, angered the driver after parking in front of his bus on a road inside the school grounds. The Nigel Jackson Travel driver is then understood to have lost his cool when Ms Maynard took a long time moving her car from out of his way.
It was at this point that the driver got out of his bus and confronted the 35-year-old parent, leaning on her car bonnet and arguing with her. During the confrontation the bus driver is reported to have said, “I don’t have to listen to you, you black b***h.”
Ms Maynard, who is Afro-Caribbean, said she was most upset as the incident happened in front of her daughter. She also admitted that she shouldn’t have parked in front of the bus but that when “I put my hands up to say I was moving he got out and started shouting at me.”
During the argument Ms Maynard admitted to calling the 67-year-old driver “fat and Mr Blobby” to which Ms Maynard claims he replied, “At least I can do something about my weight but what can you do about the colour of your skin?”
The bus driver has been banned by Leicester Council from driving buses on the school run until July 2011. However Ms Maynard does not believe this is a sufficient enough punishment and is calling for the company to be stripped of its school bus contract. The school’s head teacher said, “This is the first problem we have had with this bus company.”
Double standards. Both parties are guilty, but why does only one side get punished. It is just as bad not to respect a pensioner and abuse him about his weight. Ms Maynard’s daughter witnessed some appauling behaviour by the bus driver and her mother. Shameful
After reading the article I thought it was a disgrace, only one person is to blame, Nigel Jackson should have known better to racially abuse the mother and her daughter on school grounds, as he is a service provider by Leicester county hall and is supposed to provide a service to all races of coloured children on his buses.
Are you saying that it was the owner of the company that was driving the school bus and abused the woman and took abuse from her…..
The driver who is the owner of the company was shouting racist remarks at the parent and her daughter. Not double standard as far as am concerned case closed.
Wow if he is the owner of the company it is very bad. He should never be allowed to get his hands on any council or public contract work again. Still doesn’t excuse Ms Maynard though, abuse is wrong in any form.
this man is a disgrace to our profession, we are all under pressure at some point of the day but his behaviour is unforgiveable. I wonder if he would have acted in that way if her husband or brother were present, I think not
This man is a disgrace to our profession what he said is unforgiveable no matter how much he was provoked, I wonder if he would have reacted the same way if the lady was with her husband or brother I think not, this kind of behavior should not be tolerated