Ads on schoolbuses

Schools finally have an alternative source of much needed funding but at what cost?

... nothing wrong with it. We have it here in Australia (in Sydney at least) and it doesn't make one iota of difference at all.

Not a problem I would have thought, as long as the advertising is not inappropriate I don't see why it shouldn't be up there with bake sales and raffles as a revenue raiser.

Here in Australia public/state school buses are part of the mass transit system, so when they aren't running school kids around they are just normal buses. As a result they carry advertisements, and there is no problem. Of course, since the buses don't belong to the schools the schools don't actually benefit from the ads, but eh. Still no problem.

I heard Trojan is making a big push to be the main sponsor. I guess, like NASCAR, about 10,000 of the smaller ads will get their sticker on the side. If Budweiser and Marlboro don't step up to the plate, I'm afraid we'll have to settle for Clorox and Nestle Quik as alternatives...be a damn shame. 🙁

no problems with ads on schoolbuses

It's a great idea! Next, parents should offer the back's of their new-born for advertising space that can be tattooed on for life!

I'm not adament about many things (except serving chicken wings that aren't blazing hot), but some of you may remember a few posts I made about advertising in general. I'm against the majority of it, and not because it offers a business a chance to grow. Far from it. I think what advertising has been reduced to in the year 2006 is at a new low.

It patronizes the consumer (i.e. Internet banners saying you won a plasma TV for clicking on Jessica Simpson's legs (that's hers, BTW)), cheapens the world around us (school bus ads outside of metropolitan areas), bombards us with ads (NASCAR cars are about as tacky as you can get...so is their shoving of the primary sponsor into Winner's Circle, if you've ever seen that), shortens our television viewing pleasure (do they really need 3 commercial breaks before they start every damn football game..."Coming up next: The Coin Toss"😉, and takes away from our imagination (Like that Coca-Cola "20" they have before movies...it takes away from conversation time with an onslaught of ads and commercials at the movie theater of all places).

Hmmm adds on school buses..........Hope it's not for cigarettes.......

Marlboro man.........not cool.

I don't care if it's Gerber or Huggies, I'm still going to moon every bus that crosses my path.

Ohhhhhhh please don't!! 😱

Well who knows, you just might find some followers.....you'll have you're own groopies..........

Ads for healthy eating (Not fast food); feeling good about yourself as you are (you don't need to be so thin your thighs and calves are the same diameter); ads emphasizing respect for others (not, "I'm better than you cuz I drive a more expensive car"😉... these are all good ideas. Let's do it!

^^ I agree with that.......More possitive message...............Not "Jesus is God" mkay?

It's a great idea, but after the idea goes for a while they won't be able to resist the $$$$ of ads for Powerball, Victoria Secrets, or Kelly Clarkston's new CD.

^^ I don't like that..............

How about messages from the 60's "Love not War"

No one wants to see the Magical Mystery Bus picking their kid up for school. Sorry. You'd have a better chance getting an ad promoting the Paris Hilton Internet tape on it.

No rainbow bus??....... 🙁

No Shaggin' Wagon. I'm up for a Maxim ad, however.

at first glance i though the thread read "aids on schoolbuses" 😖

😂 I wouldn't put it past some people on here to create a thread like that, though.

Well, I thought it said Aids also...........but wouldn't want to be accused of going OT by someone......... 😉