CORPORATE WELFARE ENDANGERS CHILDREN. A Burma Shave jingle went BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL/EYES ON THE ROAD/THAT'S THE/SKILLFUL/DRIVER'S CODE. Apparently that code does not apply when a trucker chugs too much pop.

A semitrailer truck smashed into the back of a school bus that was stopped and letting children off in western Kenosha County on Friday afternoon, injuring 14 children and the drivers of both vehicles. Authorities thought the truck driver might have been distracted, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.

"He may have been occupied inside the cab drinking a soda," the sheriff said. "He was either coughing or choking on it."

The driver was interviewed at a hospital.

The semi driver and four of the children were injured seriously, but none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, Beth said. All 16 were taken to hospitals.

The driver and the children will walk away from this. It's likely, however, that this cokesucker will be in the cab again, posing a continuing obstruction at traffic lights and a renewed hazard to stopped traffic.

Remind me, why are taxpayers providing right of way subsidies to these companies?