My motto: Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever *EVER* assist a passenger onto my bus for ANY reason. If they can’t get themselves on, or they ask me for assistance, I politely refuse and tell them they’re gonna need to call paratransit. Then I press “ADA Pass-up” on my touchscreen, tell dispatch the situation, and then move on with my day. Nice gesture by the bus op here. He gets an A for effort from me… however, I’m not that nice. My job is to operate the bus and that’s it. I don’t touch my passengers, and they don’t touch me, and we all get along.
I don’t share that sentiment with you. I too am a bus driver. I don’t care what policy I offend. We ought to help one another in life. I never got in trouble, if not the opposite. I met a passenger I helped who offered me to stay for free in her Mexican mansion. I did not take the offer, but you make more friends with honey , than with vinegar.
My hubsand is a transit bus operator and he is learning sign language so he could communicate with passengers that can't hear and he would definitely add that in his resume for other jobs in the future. I'm also deaf myself and I'm also teaching him too. We're so excited that we're having a newborn child soon. Thank you so much for showing the good and positive in transit employees. I always tell a bus driver thank you even if they say something or not.
Ummm, hmmmm 🤔..........Married, deaf, and a soon to be mother........and the husband is just learning sign language now??? Interesting Respect and congratulation to you both
The time he took to do all that, was way more than just doing the normal loading process of boarding a passenger with a mobility device. All can be done under 3 minutes or 2.
Here in Germany, the buses usually have the wheelchair ramp in the rear door (or middle if there are three), and they are manually operated. Often times bus drivers don't even get up, but expect other passengers to flip the ramp out and back in. So carrying anybody is not gonna happen, period. And I agree that in case of a rapid evacuation of the bus, everything that works is an option. I'm sure that even if anyone complained about harassment in such a situation, it would fall through if it obviously was necessary to save the person's life.
This can't be real. There is a ramp. Even if she couldn't wheel on herself, he could have wheeled her on without picking her up. This mess is crazy! NOT ME!
Interesting, I am with the airlines. Most of the time the wheelchair is too wide to fit down the aisle of the airplane so we are required to transfer the passenger to a smaller wheelchair than can fit down the aisle then transfer them to their seat. In these cases we have to lift the passenger. Yes at times we do deal with very heavy passengers but we are still required to lift them t the aisle chair then to the aircraft seat. On arriving passengers its the reverse.
@@aa777flyer airplanes are not fitted for the handicapped. Buses are. Buses are also there is transport laws that state buses can only be in service for a certain number of years, thus making sure they stay pretty new.
I did mention that even if the ramp is broken he still shouldn’t pick the person up and carry them. However in this skit..he did this for her everyday.
I am a transit bus driver myself. Along with him not using the ramp and not anchoring the wheelchair, I noticed these things: 1. That dog does not appear to be a service animal - but maybe it is. So why is the dog riding? 2. If the ramp does not work by the button, we were trained on pulling it out manually. 3. To do what he did, he would definitely be off schedule for his run, don't you think?
Watched your video fully. If he did carry her on why not just leave her in the regular seat where it would be safer. Regardless of my comment he shouldn’t carry her. She could cry harassment etc. Now if there was an emergency such as a bus fire then yes it is the job of the bus driver to do his/her best to safely get the person in a wheelchair chair off the bus. You mention it as I typed this.
I once almost had a passenger trip over the wheelchair ramp because I said, "Hey, wait! Stop Stop Stop!," but she didn't understand English and kept walking.
That was the first thing that came to mind when I watched this? Why are you not using the ramp? This was fake all the way. Never seen anyone do anything like this. Shame on whoever fabricated this fake example
They actually use a 1999 gillig that used to belong to my company, Utah Transit Authority. The bus number is 9953, I drove that bus many times when it was still in service.
I know this may be a crazy question but I just started driving the bus and I be soreeeeee lol body be hurting! Is this normal to all my fellow bus drivers?! Lord knows I need answers 😂😂😂 Ps, his intentions were definitely pure but like you said the ramp is there for a reason lol
Do all Pasi just post to have the alarm system when the ramp is in operation? I live in New York City and never heard the beeping noise when the app when the ramp is in operation.
Damn Sacramento transit workers are the hardest working people in the city. I used to take two buses and the light rail everyday (bus 1 to 80 or 93 to watt and I-80) I know what it looks like daily and it’s not an easy job.
It depends. Maybe that driver was on a first name basis with her. In that case familiarity would play into it. She was small, so his back was not at risk. I was on a First name basis with my driver. Small town system.
When I used to live in nyc, Nassau County NICEBus had lots of wheelchair lift/ramp breakdown during passenger service. Unlike mta, nice bus doesn't sent replacement bus. Sometimes I seen transdev driver on nicebus that doesn't secure wheelchair passengers. One time few years ago on Car Free Day, I was riding on n72 bus from Farmingdale to Hempstead on busy Hempstead Turnpike and female B/O almost miss wheelchair passenger on bus stop bc of trailer truck blocking view. After that, she honk to get to bus stop. When I saw wheelchair passenger, I helped b/o lift wheelchair seat. She was new driver that didn't know how to secure wheelchair. Wheelchair passenger secure himself. She only knew how to ride operate ramp.
never put yourself in a situation like that, if she falls or you injure yourself then you are in trouble with your employer. There is a ramp and the bus lowers. As horrible as it might sound you have to cover yourself from issues.
This can go both ways but mostly NO. 1. They say its OK to go above and beyond for a customer. Now if you did your pre-trip or you relieved the previous driver then you have to do the wheelchair ramp manually and request to have the bus changed off somewhere along the route or at a layover. 2. For the negative. This is a completely liability situation for you, the passenger and the company. You carry a passenger and something happens, its all on the driver. But lets say you get the person safely in the seat OK. Now you get the wheelchair on something comes off or breaks, it's all on the driver.
If you want to see some of the new'er busses in Denmark, this is a video about how it works here, and also see inside the busses (rapid bus transport Electric). It's a bit of a see the city and see the busses video though. ua-cam.com/video/2Zlfd1MReWI/v-deo.html
Thanks for sharing and covering with such a detailed analysis. I have a few thoughts as well after watching. Aside from the obviously available ramp in the doorway, complete with a strap to manually pull it out if needed, this looks clearly staged in a few ways: - The bus interior shows this is a late 90s Gillig Low Floor, highly likely retired from use in a transit fleet and being rented or used as a prop for this. - The uniform looks very store bought, no logos, emblems, and no ID badge. - Why would any bus operator stop that far away from the curb if they knew they were going to be carrying someone on 😆 I'm assuming this was put together as yet more fake fuzzy-feely good clickbait to feed daddy algorithm on the Facebook/Tok/Insta whatever.
If the ramp breaks for >any reason< , the operator must "immediately" call dispatch and report it to the company. The people outside would have to wait for the next bus. If the ramp/bus frame breaks (collapses) while loading a wheelchair, You call dispatch and have a route supervisor come out and let them figure out how to get the person in the wheelchair safely off the bus (ask me about this one).
You still don’t pick a person up and carry them. Also..it was stated that he does this for her daily. So..we have a faulty ramp everyday? The driver calls it in to get a new bus…that’s the appropriate response
I see on the skit that it's a high floor bus (Maybe an Orion V). But yeah low floor buses, I've seen many times riding Orion VIs that the operator flipped out of the ramp, and pulled it back in.
@@BusDriverLifeOff load the passengers and have them wait for a new bus just because of a faulty wheelchair ramp? I don’t think that’s going to happen here. The driver would continue the route and call in a new bus once that departure is completed, the wheelchair user would most likely have to wait for the next bus.
In the 90s I know that in my city there have been some bus drivers that have been alone with their female passengers and took their female passengers and popped their cherry on the back seat. I wonder how many bus drivers around the country have done this before how many get caught and how many have gotten away with this? I know that in the 90s I know that the camera system was different from today. In the 90s there was a disk that spun and once the reader reached the end it would record over itself as long as the emergency button hadn't been pressed which would capture anything a few minutes before and after the button was pressed. What are your thoughts about this type of situation?
I'm a 5'11 126 pound guy and I can't carry a ADA passenger on my bus if they're over 300 pounds. I had the wheelchair ramp was stuck on me a few times before which is why I test and check my bus before leaving the bus garage.
I learned very early to NEVER provide any service for ONE that you can't perform for EVERYONE...everyone gets treated EQUALLY! The problem is if one person gets special treatment that person will expect it from every driver everytime...and everyone who sees the special treatment will expect it too. Passengers must be capable of boarding and disembarking on their own...I can't help everyone on and off so I help NO ONE. I have helped BLIND passengers and secure wheelchairs but the help is restricted within limits considering liability and safety. This was DUMB in so many ways.
@@pokers112 a northern suburbs company, I was transdev/kinetic but I would prefer to keep current one quiet just in case people here complain about me lol
Same here in Hong Kong. However, it wasn’t always like this since we once had these Neoplan Centroliner double decker bus that had automated wheelchair ramps.
This is a lift bus. See the automatic ramp at the door. Driver needs better training in the proper way to use the equipment. It also will work manually.
That is so stupid there is a wheel chair ramp and never pick them then put them in it again 😮😮😮😮😮😮 if it Brock some people say I will wait for the next or there will be help now that ramp dont work like that are one works sml then extra fall comes out after to still get get on😊😮❤
As the old man from Pawn Stars was fond of saying: "Not only no, but hell no!" I feel something breaking on me just looking at that. Even if I wanted to I can't even help people take their heavy bikes off the rack because my right shoulder is barely hanging in there without pain as it is.
I also remember when I was living in nyc, i went to restraunt with Japanese guests but one was on wheelchair and restraunt wasn't ada accessible, so restraunt employee lifted wheelchair passenger in wheelchair together to get him in.
I have seeing similar and far reaching acts of kindness during the last 35 years by many bus drivers of San Juan's-AMA (Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses-Metropolitan Bus Authority) in Puerto Rico. Depending on the route and time (usually very early in the mournings), it could easily become an everyday act of kindness, particularly with everyday elderly riders or handicapped riders.
I expect this treatment. :) (Yeah I got all hearts when I saw it - and thought naww, something's off about it). It's still a good thing. If we are subjected to nonsense and negativity all the time it's not a bad thing to balance it with this.
Great point!! We are really supposed to treat them equally and only assist when absolutely necessary…not treat them like they can’t do anything for themselves.
I was on an AC Transit bus when the ramp failed to deploy. Instead of the driver getting out the seat to manually deploy the ramp, he decided to take the bus out of service and call a supervisor and medical for help to get the rider in the wheelchair off the bus. I went to the front and offered to deploy the ramp myself, driver told me not to touch the ramp and the man needed to wait even though he was trying to transfer to another bus in a few minutes. I have no idea what AC Transit policy is on failed ramp deployments, but every other bus agency in the Bay Area have showed me how to manually deploy the ramp. It's really not that hard and I never took a bus out of service for a failed ramp deployment. If you can bend down to put the wheelchair restrains on and off, then you can bend down, hit the latch for the ramp and push it out/back in. That ramp can be fixed after the bus returns to the yard, but to cancel a schedule over that.... crazy.
Where I live all the local public buses currently don’t have automatic wheelchair ramps, drivers get off the driver seat and manually deploy the ramp each time when there’s a wheelchair user waiting to board the bus. But there was a time when we have these Neoplan Centroliner double decker buses, which had wheelchair ramps that deploy automatically at the push of a button.
Great vid! I know it's a skit but let's hope it didn't lead to any junior bus ops taking it literally and thinking it's cool to put themselves in jeopardy going way above and beyond the call of duty or risking accusations of inappropriate inappropriate behaviour. 😱😱
I once went around the block because a really good blind man i know missed the bus . Saw him trying to get across the road at the last minute. He was grateful as usual, some ill do anything for others nothing. But why didnt he use the ramp ,very easy.
My motto: Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever *EVER* assist a passenger onto my bus for ANY reason. If they can’t get themselves on, or they ask me for assistance, I politely refuse and tell them they’re gonna need to call paratransit. Then I press “ADA Pass-up” on my touchscreen, tell dispatch the situation, and then move on with my day. Nice gesture by the bus op here. He gets an A for effort from me… however, I’m not that nice. My job is to operate the bus and that’s it. I don’t touch my passengers, and they don’t touch me, and we all get along.
I don’t share that sentiment with you. I too am a bus driver. I don’t care what policy I offend. We ought to help one another in life. I never got in trouble, if not the opposite. I met a passenger I helped who offered me to stay for free in her Mexican mansion. I did not take the offer, but you make more friends with honey , than with vinegar.
Amen!!!!!
@@westerlywinds5684 Mexican mansion? More like human organ harvesting trap. 🙄
and if they need help going up the ramp with their wheelchair cause they lack the strength?
@@DaBronx_Bomber then they get to call paratransit or stay home. Or next time they can bring their own personal assistant.
My hubsand is a transit bus operator and he is learning sign language so he could communicate with passengers that can't hear and he would definitely add that in his resume for other jobs in the future. I'm also deaf myself and I'm also teaching him too. We're so excited that we're having a newborn child soon. Thank you so much for showing the good and positive in transit employees. I always tell a bus driver thank you even if they say something or not.
Ummm, hmmmm 🤔..........Married, deaf, and a soon to be mother........and the husband is just learning sign language now??? Interesting
Respect and congratulation to you both
I wish we had ramps like that on our buses at work. We need to get out of the drivers seat and deploy it manually.
The time he took to do all that, was way more than just doing the normal loading process of boarding a passenger with a mobility device. All can be done under 3 minutes or 2.
Very good to see this from a professional pov. Nice, not to destroy the positiv intention. 🖤❤💛
Great video and I hope that people who come across it and this channel for the first time, actually watch it all the way through.
Thank you!
@@BusDriverLife you're welcome. Keep up the great work, as always.
Hey i’m a bus driver here in everett washington and I’m lmao watching this video..I agree with you opinion!!..❤❤
This is a cool video but I agree a person or even driver can get hurt and then get sued!
Here in Germany, the buses usually have the wheelchair ramp in the rear door (or middle if there are three), and they are manually operated. Often times bus drivers don't even get up, but expect other passengers to flip the ramp out and back in.
So carrying anybody is not gonna happen, period. And I agree that in case of a rapid evacuation of the bus, everything that works is an option. I'm sure that even if anyone complained about harassment in such a situation, it would fall through if it obviously was necessary to save the person's life.
That's why they have the ramp. If he falls and she is hurt that could be a lawsuit.
This can't be real. There is a ramp. Even if she couldn't wheel on herself, he could have wheeled her on without picking her up. This mess is crazy! NOT ME!
Interesting, I am with the airlines. Most of the time the wheelchair is too wide to fit down the aisle of the airplane so we are required to transfer the passenger to a smaller wheelchair than can fit down the aisle then transfer them to their seat. In these cases we have to lift the passenger. Yes at times we do deal with very heavy passengers but we are still required to lift them t the aisle chair then to the aircraft seat. On arriving passengers its the reverse.
@@aa777flyer airplanes are not fitted for the handicapped. Buses are. Buses are also there is transport laws that state buses can only be in service for a certain number of years, thus making sure they stay pretty new.
The ramp might have been broken.... although in most transit agencies, that would result in a change-off.
I did mention that even if the ramp is broken he still shouldn’t pick the person up and carry them. However in this skit..he did this for her everyday.
You can operate it manually. Sometimes there’s a hooky doo thing you need to lift the ramp, but the driver should know where that is.
You literally see the little hook you pull out to do it manually.
In real life, the driver would be endangering himself and the passenger. Fake!
Exactly!
Finally! I knew the video wasn’t real. Thanks! Awesome explanation btw.
@@natalialenczner456 Thank you!
"Your back problems are not service related"
I am a transit bus driver myself. Along with him not using the ramp and not anchoring the wheelchair, I noticed these things: 1. That dog does not appear to be a service animal - but maybe it is. So why is the dog riding? 2. If the ramp does not work by the button, we were trained on pulling it out manually. 3. To do what he did, he would definitely be off schedule for his run, don't you think?
Bro, you guys have automatic wheelchair ramps!
7:56 You must have 3 point contact while entering the bus😢
And she brought little dog on bus that's not a work dog
No need to add to the potential injuries any driver can suffer over the years.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say heck no
Watched your video fully. If he did carry her on why not just leave her in the regular seat where it would be safer. Regardless of my comment he shouldn’t carry her. She could cry harassment etc.
Now if there was an emergency such as a bus fire then yes it is the job of the bus driver to do his/her best to safely get the person in a wheelchair chair off the bus. You mention it as I typed this.
Can you do a day in the life please 🙏🙏 as a uk Bristol metrobus driver this will be very interesting
I once almost had a passenger trip over the wheelchair ramp because I said, "Hey, wait! Stop Stop Stop!," but she didn't understand English and kept walking.
And the DOG😮🛎️ NO NO
That dog does not appear to be a service animal!
That was the first thing that came to mind when I watched this? Why are you not using the ramp? This was fake all the way. Never seen anyone do anything like this. Shame on whoever fabricated this fake example
They actually use a 1999 gillig that used to belong to my company, Utah Transit Authority. The bus number is 9953, I drove that bus many times when it was still in service.
Interesting! I’m seeing this bus being used in a few skits.
@BusDriverLife yeah, there earlier skits were pretty cringe. Their acting had gotten much better now. Lol.
Even if it's a good natured act it's never a good idea to put your hands on the riders, highly litigious society out there, cya Drivers 👍
I know this may be a crazy question but I just started driving the bus and I be soreeeeee lol body be hurting! Is this normal to all my fellow bus drivers?! Lord knows I need answers 😂😂😂
Ps, his intentions were definitely pure but like you said the ramp is there for a reason lol
of course, no! if the passenger can do themself his wish to occur in your hands would be a joke or roleplay.
Do all Pasi just post to have the alarm system when the ramp is in operation? I live in New York City and never heard the beeping noise when the app when the ramp is in operation.
Our buses in Winnipeg have that beeper when the ramp is in motion. There's also a beeper when the bus lowers and raises.
Damn Sacramento transit workers are the hardest working people in the city. I used to take two buses and the light rail everyday (bus 1 to 80 or 93 to watt and I-80) I know what it looks like daily and it’s not an easy job.
I appreciate your kind words!!
No Go!
It depends.
Maybe that driver was on a first name basis with her.
In that case familiarity would play into it.
She was small, so his back was not at risk.
I was on a First name basis with my driver.
Small town system.
When I used to live in nyc, Nassau County NICEBus had lots of wheelchair lift/ramp breakdown during passenger service. Unlike mta, nice bus doesn't sent replacement bus. Sometimes I seen transdev driver on nicebus that doesn't secure wheelchair passengers.
One time few years ago on Car Free Day, I was riding on n72 bus from Farmingdale to Hempstead on busy Hempstead Turnpike and female B/O almost miss wheelchair passenger on bus stop bc of trailer truck blocking view. After that, she honk to get to bus stop. When I saw wheelchair passenger, I helped b/o lift wheelchair seat. She was new driver that didn't know how to secure wheelchair. Wheelchair passenger secure himself. She only knew how to ride operate ramp.
never put yourself in a situation like that, if she falls or you injure yourself then you are in trouble with your employer. There is a ramp and the bus lowers. As horrible as it might sound you have to cover yourself from issues.
You need to be an LPI sir. New students would learn a lot from you.
This can go both ways but mostly NO.
1. They say its OK to go above and beyond for a customer. Now if you did your pre-trip or you relieved the previous driver then you have to do the wheelchair ramp manually and request to have the bus changed off somewhere along the route or at a layover.
2. For the negative. This is a completely liability situation for you, the passenger and the company. You carry a passenger and something happens, its all on the driver. But lets say you get the person safely in the seat OK. Now you get the wheelchair on something comes off or breaks, it's all on the driver.
Nicely done, Keyan! It's kind of weird that he is carrying a woman to the bus. I'm not sure it that is suitable for high floor buses.
Thank you!
Probably the Wheel chair ramp “don’t” work
It can be pulled out manually.
If you want to see some of the new'er busses in Denmark, this is a video about how it works here, and also see inside the busses (rapid bus transport Electric). It's a bit of a see the city and see the busses video though. ua-cam.com/video/2Zlfd1MReWI/v-deo.html
buses have been able to do this for decades, so hell no i would never. i wouldn’t even do this for likes. hard (magic johnson) pass.
Thanks for sharing and covering with such a detailed analysis. I have a few thoughts as well after watching. Aside from the obviously available ramp in the doorway, complete with a strap to manually pull it out if needed, this looks clearly staged in a few ways:
- The bus interior shows this is a late 90s Gillig Low Floor, highly likely retired from use in a transit fleet and being rented or used as a prop for this.
- The uniform looks very store bought, no logos, emblems, and no ID badge.
- Why would any bus operator stop that far away from the curb if they knew they were going to be carrying someone on 😆
I'm assuming this was put together as yet more fake fuzzy-feely good clickbait to feed daddy algorithm on the Facebook/Tok/Insta whatever.
Spot on!!
It could have been broken n hot outside
Every day?? He carries her onto the bus everyday! So the ramp is broken and it’s hot every single day??? That’s wild!
If the ramp breaks for >any reason< , the operator must "immediately" call dispatch and report it to the company. The people outside would have to wait for the next bus.
If the ramp/bus frame breaks (collapses) while loading a wheelchair, You call dispatch and have a route supervisor come out and let them figure out how to get the person in the wheelchair safely off the bus (ask me about this one).
Maybe the ramp was faulty
You still don’t pick a person up and carry them. Also..it was stated that he does this for her daily. So..we have a faulty ramp everyday? The driver calls it in to get a new bus…that’s the appropriate response
I see on the skit that it's a high floor bus (Maybe an Orion V). But yeah low floor buses, I've seen many times riding Orion VIs that the operator flipped out of the ramp, and pulled it back in.
@@BusDriverLifeOff load the passengers and have them wait for a new bus just because of a faulty wheelchair ramp? I don’t think that’s going to happen here. The driver would continue the route and call in a new bus once that departure is completed, the wheelchair user would most likely have to wait for the next bus.
In the 90s I know that in my city there have been some bus drivers that have been alone with their female passengers and took their female passengers and popped their cherry on the back seat. I wonder how many bus drivers around the country have done this before how many get caught and how many have gotten away with this? I know that in the 90s I know that the camera system was different from today. In the 90s there was a disk that spun and once the reader reached the end it would record over itself as long as the emergency button hadn't been pressed which would capture anything a few minutes before and after the button was pressed.
What are your thoughts about this type of situation?
Do you even lift? XD
I'm a 5'11 126 pound guy and I can't carry a ADA passenger on my bus if they're over 300 pounds. I had the wheelchair ramp was stuck on me a few times before which is why I test and check my bus before leaving the bus garage.
I learned very early to NEVER provide any service for ONE that you can't perform for EVERYONE...everyone gets treated EQUALLY! The problem is if one person gets special treatment that person will expect it from every driver everytime...and everyone who sees the special treatment will expect it too. Passengers must be capable of boarding and disembarking on their own...I can't help everyone on and off so I help NO ONE. I have helped BLIND passengers and secure wheelchairs but the help is restricted within limits considering liability and safety. This was DUMB in so many ways.
This was a dumb skit! It's quite simple, NO PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER!
The wheelchair ramp here in Australia we have to manually pull it out with a hook wish we had those ones
same I am in Melbourne and we don't lift heavy stuff on or off, they have a ramp. If the electric scooter is too big then no ride
@@bestestusername nice mate I'm in Melbourne as well what company do you work for
@@pokers112 a northern suburbs company, I was transdev/kinetic but I would prefer to keep current one quiet just in case people here complain about me lol
@@bestestusername haha we might be at the same company
Same here in Hong Kong. However, it wasn’t always like this since we once had these Neoplan Centroliner double decker bus that had automated wheelchair ramps.
This is a lift bus. See the automatic ramp at the door. Driver needs better training in the proper way to use the equipment. It also will work manually.
Thank you for explaining. Did not know it was a skit and go so heated when I first saw this; I planned to write a petition for a ramp. smh
That is so stupid there is a wheel chair ramp and never pick them then put them in it again 😮😮😮😮😮😮 if it Brock some people say I will wait for the next or there will be help now that ramp dont work like that are one works sml then extra fall comes out after to still get get on😊😮❤
You hit every point on this one.
As the old man from Pawn Stars was fond of saying: "Not only no, but hell no!"
I feel something breaking on me just looking at that.
Even if I wanted to I can't even help people take their heavy bikes off the rack because my right shoulder is barely hanging in there without pain as it is.
I also remember when I was living in nyc, i went to restraunt with Japanese guests but one was on wheelchair and restraunt wasn't ada accessible, so restraunt employee lifted wheelchair passenger in wheelchair together to get him in.
I have seeing similar and far reaching acts of kindness during the last 35 years by many bus drivers of San Juan's-AMA (Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses-Metropolitan Bus Authority) in Puerto Rico. Depending on the route and time (usually very early in the mournings), it could easily become an everyday act of kindness, particularly with everyday elderly riders or handicapped riders.
Did anyone else notice his fly was open?? 🤣🤣 Poor guy
I expect this treatment. :) (Yeah I got all hearts when I saw it - and thought naww, something's off about it). It's still a good thing. If we are subjected to nonsense and negativity all the time it's not a bad thing to balance it with this.
A back injury waiting to happen!
And then ADA would be like it’s an ableist action. They would say the driver is taking away her ability to care for herself.
Great point!! We are really supposed to treat them equally and only assist when absolutely necessary…not treat them like they can’t do anything for themselves.
If that's the case, make them pay full price for the fare.
I was on an AC Transit bus when the ramp failed to deploy. Instead of the driver getting out the seat to manually deploy the ramp, he decided to take the bus out of service and call a supervisor and medical for help to get the rider in the wheelchair off the bus. I went to the front and offered to deploy the ramp myself, driver told me not to touch the ramp and the man needed to wait even though he was trying to transfer to another bus in a few minutes. I have no idea what AC Transit policy is on failed ramp deployments, but every other bus agency in the Bay Area have showed me how to manually deploy the ramp. It's really not that hard and I never took a bus out of service for a failed ramp deployment. If you can bend down to put the wheelchair restrains on and off, then you can bend down, hit the latch for the ramp and push it out/back in. That ramp can be fixed after the bus returns to the yard, but to cancel a schedule over that.... crazy.
Where I live all the local public buses currently don’t have automatic wheelchair ramps, drivers get off the driver seat and manually deploy the ramp each time when there’s a wheelchair user waiting to board the bus. But there was a time when we have these Neoplan Centroliner double decker buses, which had wheelchair ramps that deploy automatically at the push of a button.
Great vid! I know it's a skit but let's hope it didn't lead to any junior bus ops taking it literally and thinking it's cool to put themselves in jeopardy going way above and beyond the call of duty or risking accusations of inappropriate inappropriate behaviour. 😱😱
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@@BusDriverLife sorry too many "inappropriates" in there! 🤣
Keep up the good work. 👍🏾
I once went around the block because a really good blind man i know missed the bus . Saw him trying to get across the road at the last minute. He was grateful as usual, some ill do anything for others nothing. But why didnt he use the ramp ,very easy.
Had a similar incident a few days ago. No No NONONONO! Do NOT carry passengers on the bus. Never ever!
This is not even in the training
8:21 Housepillow, huh!? 😂😂