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Pbs public transportation safety ah la shmoop all right check

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out this guy he's never taken a bus in his

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life but he's got to get to school somehow If

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figures it can't be too tricky to understand After all

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he's only going twenty blocks he doesn't bother to plan

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his route because hey it's practically a straight shot right

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He'll be there in fifteen minutes Or maybe not He

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misses a few stops Makes a couple of wrong connections

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And who's he's in cairo were is lovely this time

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of year All that sand all those camels elle's greatest

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cairo is our friend here isn't keen on sticking around

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He decides to wait for the next bus from cairo

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to san diego Unfortunately everybody here well he chooses to

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wait in this area of the bus stop and yet

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sketchy unlit practically deserted area practically deserted except for these

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upstanding fellows now which looks painful So now without his

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iphone and possibly without a kidney our friend boards his

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bus He puts his backpack down next to him on

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the seat And yeah that shouldn't have been a surprising

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anyone Our poor friend gets off the bus at his

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house with nothing but his shirt on his Wow Yeah

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this guy is having a really bad day but hey

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what is his bad day have to do with you

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Okay Hang with us in two thousand thirteen Yeah Ancient

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history We know americans took a whopping ten point seven

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billion trips on public transportation Most rides on public transport

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are completely safe No reason to worry at all But

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out of ten point seven billion trips Well something's gotta

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go wrong Maybe there's a thief on board Maybe you're

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a nfa milieu with your surroundings May someone didn't shower

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So what can we do Well let's check in with

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our weary but wiser friend over here He's still got

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to get to school so he boards the bus the

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next morning This time though he's planned out his route

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carefully You knows where his transfer is and what stopped

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to get off that and well so far so good

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On the way back our buddy waits here with the

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other travelers in a well lit area of the bus

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stop Better luck next time fellas He's a little wary

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of traveling at night by himself So he sets as

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close to the driver is he can't driver won't put

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up with any nonsense on his bus so he's got

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an ally just in case he keeps his backpack on

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his laugh and remains alert the entire time Sleeping would

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leave his possessions unguarded and he's not losing another kidney

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anytime soon and just to be extra safe he talks

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his iphone into his pocket flashing valuables Not the smartest

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idea on public transport He gets home safe and sound

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rendering the plane ticket his mom book to cairo obsolete

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because even though he was smart and told her his

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entire route making it easy for her to find him

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if something went wrong Well mother's gonna worry and keep

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in mind public transportation It's actually pretty darn safe You

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might even be better off here than you would be

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in a car plus it's better for the environment It's

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got that whole car pooling thing this green going for

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it So there you go If our hopeless buddy here

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can figure out how to stay safe on public transport

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well how hard can it really be although he's still 00:02:48.05 --> [endTime] having trouble shaking these guys

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