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STUDENT TRANSPORTATION INC 5.25 PCT DEBS > Carmech you and Slimjim should takes your kids on the
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Post by talladega10 on Sep 18, 2016 8:20pm

Carmech you and Slimjim should takes your kids on the

driverless school bus and take a ride down the highway of life and pray to God you don't drive over a cliff because if you don't need a driver perhaps you won't need any insurance either. You two clowns are really a laugh a minute.
Comment by slimjim11 on Sep 18, 2016 8:27pm
When they are available, I'd be happy to. Already have taken my kids on driverless inter-terminal mono-rail busses at airports. And if the current stats on driverless cars vs. human-driven cars (driverless cars have 90% fewer accidents), hold for busses, I'd be a fool to not leap aboard. But all that's years in the future.
Comment by talladega10 on Sep 19, 2016 6:03am
I suspect it's a hell of a lot further in the future than you can imagine, but litigation lawyers can't wait for those cases to start.
Comment by slimjim11 on Sep 19, 2016 7:42am
Maybe the insurance companies who are fretting about losing 90% of their business, should buy up litigation law firms as a hedge. LOL.
Comment by carmech on Sep 19, 2016 7:10pm
Talladega you've obviously have lost a lot of money shorting this stock but try not to panic. Personally I can't see parents putting there kids on driverless buses but nothing would surprise me anymore. For anyone wishing to learn more about why cash flow can be more important than profit here is a link:   https://nbdc.unomaha.edu/whitepapers/cashflowLOW.pdf  . Although it's ...more  
Comment by talladega10 on Sep 20, 2016 8:14am
I'm not short and never have been short this stock but I get tired of people promoting every concept as a solution without consequences. For this reason the post office will never stop delivering mail and gas powered vehicles will always be with us as will people driving cars. Regarding cash flow vs profit I've seen too many companies that pay out a high percentage of cash flow in ...more  
Comment by frankstevens17 on Sep 20, 2016 8:59am
Hopefully common sense will always win out in the end. Thanks talladega10.
Comment by Hockeynut2 on Sep 20, 2016 9:19pm
Darn Dega. Good post. I seldom rate posts, but I will give you 5 stars for that one.
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