There is a family of kids on my street whose parents do that. But the thing is, they aren't even driving them to school, they are driving them to the bus stop (which is about 1000 feet away from their house) Every day when I'm standing and waiting for the bus, their green Dodge Caravan pulls up, parks on the side of the street, then waits there and idles until the bus comes (which wastes even more fuel). There's another kid that sometimes pulls up in a blue Lincoln Continental, and another in a gold Toyota Corolla. All of which live within 1/4 of mile from the bus stop, yet their parents drive them anyway. Meanwhile I (who live further away than all of those other people) have to walk (my parents won't drive me becuase they think it's wasteful and pointless) and stand there to wait, not sit in a car like they do. The only reason I can think of to do that is if it's really cold out, which I can understand as my parents drive me and let me wait in the warm car too when it's like that.

However, today was a little different than most days. I really didn't want to ride the bus again this morning. So my brother and I drove to school in the car (as he has bought a parking space in the school lot). When we got home, my mother made a big stink about it. She said it was pointless and wasted gas and that the bus could have taken us for free, plus my brother doesn't even usually buy the gas, so it's money out of their pockets. To his credit though, we did stop at the gas station and put gas in the car on the way home, even if it was only becuase the needle was below the "E" and my brother did put only one gallon in it (he's quite stingy)

But my point is, it's not very nice to take the bus all the time. Sometimes a car is just easier and more comfortable.