BEFORE YOU BECOME A BUS DRIVER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @SloopyDog
    @SloopyDog 6 місяців тому +31

    I passed my all classes' PSV test in the '60s. I passed it in a 1955 AEC double-decker bus with a crash gearbox. The test standards were high in those days. Bus drivers today have luxury vehicles and automatic gearboxes. They would find it hard if they had to drive the buses I did. I loved being a bus driver, that was when we had a conductor on the bus, and as soon as one-man operation came in I left the job and started driving private coaches.

    • @fwof3347
      @fwof3347 5 місяців тому +1

      Opo buses came in don’t know where you drove but crew buses were in London up until 2000’s last 2005 ..

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 5 місяців тому +2

      @@fwof3347 I live in the North of England and my depot changed to one man busses in the early 70s That is the reason I went on to driving coaches and lorries.

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 5 місяців тому +2

      @@fwof3347 I drove for The Northern Bus Company in the North of England and they went one-man operations in the early 70s. That is the reason I left the job and went on to drive HGVs and coaches.

    • @davidmcnally4773
      @davidmcnally4773 5 місяців тому +1

      I passed my test on a crash box double decker though never had the luxury of a conductor job got worse when privatised lost most of the privileges so left the job

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 5 місяців тому +1

      @@davidmcnally4773 Same.

  • @marktucker208
    @marktucker208 5 місяців тому +4

    You are doing the best bus driving i ever saw.

  • @drummingriffin
    @drummingriffin 2 місяці тому

    A really polite and helpful driver, the bus also must be fairly new as there are no really bad rattles or banging and crashing from the gearbox lol. New drivers could learn from this man, so calm and relaxed and patient. Well done driver.

  • @Warmsunset26
    @Warmsunset26 День тому

    Actually, very therapeutic. Here is to me becoming a bus driver in 2025. Cheers. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @tjlifts4068
    @tjlifts4068 6 місяців тому +13

    I’ve wanted to be a bus driver my whole life only 5 more years to go 😂. Keep up the Good work!

    • @ChrisBrown_1959
      @ChrisBrown_1959 6 місяців тому +6

      Don't bother it's a shit job, i did it for 4 years, worst job i ever had dealing with fights, drunks abusive passengers and horrible shifts.Traffic is a nightmare and if your running late or the bus is full and you cant let people on it's always your fault.

    • @noooo_safechat2589
      @noooo_safechat2589 6 місяців тому

      don’t understand the “always your fault” part

    • @ChrisBrown_1959
      @ChrisBrown_1959 6 місяців тому +1

      @@noooo_safechat2589 Cos the passengers always blame you when they get on if your running late and they don't understand if the bus is full up why they can't get on. Your on the front line and you get all the crap.

    • @noooo_safechat2589
      @noooo_safechat2589 6 місяців тому

      they could use common sense and actually look in the windows to see if the bus is full. that doesn’t exist in this world though

    • @TMCNJ
      @TMCNJ 6 місяців тому

      @@noooo_safechat2589if it isn’t the passengers, it’s the controllers also blaming the driver for being late. Very stressful job. Glad I quit, though I miss the people.

  • @TJReviews-games
    @TJReviews-games 5 місяців тому +3

    I drive the metrobus in Bristol and we do not have to do any of this, it is tap ton tap off no tickets on the bus

  • @JurivonStolzenberg14
    @JurivonStolzenberg14 5 місяців тому +1

    Your driving and stopping is very smooth and pedestrian considered _ friendly there. Good for people with joint conditions/ arthritis/ slipped discs..😅

  • @richardgourlay5191
    @richardgourlay5191 2 місяці тому

    Such a politeful driver

  • @AlanHerbert-bg2tz
    @AlanHerbert-bg2tz 6 місяців тому +3

    Filmed sometime ago, that's Slough bus station which has been closed since Oct 2022 after a fire.

    • @Nick_Opel
      @Nick_Opel 6 місяців тому +1

      They rebuilt it didn't they?

    • @AlanHerbert-bg2tz
      @AlanHerbert-bg2tz 6 місяців тому +2

      No, it's still left as it was after the fire. Don't even think the case against the 2 arrested in connection with the fire has gone to court yet.

    • @Nick_Opel
      @Nick_Opel 6 місяців тому +1

      @@AlanHerbert-bg2tz Oh

  • @JurivonStolzenberg14
    @JurivonStolzenberg14 5 місяців тому

    Yiue drivubg and stopoing is cery smooth and pedestrian consudered there. Good for people with joint conditions/ arthritis/ slipped discs..😅

  • @martinsmith1870
    @martinsmith1870 6 місяців тому +13

    My advice? Don’t! Awful job, people are awful, roads are awful, don’t look at it through rise tinted glasses! I hated every second of being a bus driver..

    • @tylerhergott3893
      @tylerhergott3893 6 місяців тому +9

      We who use public transit are glad you're no longer a bus driver too with that negative attitude.

    • @darren25061965
      @darren25061965 6 місяців тому

      @@tylerhergott3893 Totally agree, I was a bus driver for a few years and loved it, you will allways get that one passenger who "Wants" to have a bad day, but the overwhelming majority of passengers appreciate the bus drivers service. I was earning £4,460 a month I enjoyed it so much I would have done it for half the money.

    • @michellerafferty3222
      @michellerafferty3222 5 місяців тому +1

      As people say,its what you make it. I find in London it's alot harder as you can only take payment for one passenger due to TFL and the cab drivers in central London are, well dangerous.
      I have had worse jobs that want more out of you than they give.

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 3 місяці тому +1

      There were good days and bad days. If you got a decent conductress, duck, it made your day good. There were some bitches though. People were more polite in the 60s, except for the drunks. I left when it went one man. 😀

    • @Tki286
      @Tki286 2 місяці тому

      For me the worst thing was diversion,

  • @mohawkvalleyrailroad
    @mohawkvalleyrailroad 2 місяці тому

    The worst part of the job is the company you work for are continually confronting you and trying to make you do things you don’t want to. Constantly looking for ways to sack you!

  • @TommyWoodland
    @TommyWoodland 6 місяців тому +4

    I thought it was Iver Swindon or Gloucester

    • @markcf83
      @markcf83 6 місяців тому

      It's in Slough.

  • @damiencrowley2506
    @damiencrowley2506 5 місяців тому +6

    Before you become a bus driver don't become a bus driver. You will work too many hours giving your life to a bus company and will be treated like shite by the public and company you work for. Think before you do this. It's a depressing lifestyle and the longer you do it there is less chance of other opportunities arising.

    • @TheLondonCyclist
      @TheLondonCyclist 2 місяці тому

      What's so bad about it?

    • @mohawkvalleyrailroad
      @mohawkvalleyrailroad 2 місяці тому

      @@TheLondonCyclisttry it and you’ll soon find out!

    • @TheLondonCyclist
      @TheLondonCyclist 2 місяці тому +1

      @@mohawkvalleyrailroad I've spoken to many blokes at depots and they say the job is fine, just some people have attitudes or bad tempers and get stressed easy etc.

    • @mohawkvalleyrailroad
      @mohawkvalleyrailroad 2 місяці тому

      @@TheLondonCyclist The job itself is a doddle. I’ve spent over 17 years driving buses and it’s got progressively worse. Shifts that last for 12 hours plus.everyday, yes they’re legal because you are not driving for that long, and neither are you getting paid for it. Driver’s hours are kept legal by careful planning of lengthy unpaid breaks, and paid, almost illegal breaks in order to keep within limits. After you have worked a full week of this, they will phone you at home at 06.00 or even earlier,asking you to work overtime…at non overtime rates. Refusal will mean that if you request time off for a doctor’s appointment or such, it will not be given. The vast majority of fellow drivers are great and will help you out. The same goes for the majority of passengers…although there are a lot of exceptions who think you are the lowest of the low and they have every right to get on and get off the bus where they want to. A lot of the public don’t realise the legal requirements that drivers have to observe, and any breach of them, or a member of the public reporting you for something most of us would treat as trivial, will get you a disciplinary action interview and possible dismissal.
      Holidays a a lottery, if your face fits you might, and I say might get the weeks you want. Don’t believe all you hear, try the job and if you like it, then great!
      Personally, I used to enjoy it a lot…until successive managers came in who were only interested in brown nosing their way up the ladder and to hell with anyone who gets in their way.

  • @doms_cinema
    @doms_cinema 5 місяців тому +2

    Iam so glad I left , hated every day ... Now driving hgv no goofy ah passengers , not stupid timetables

  • @wingheng5806
    @wingheng5806 5 місяців тому +4

    Slough bus station is burnt.

  • @kawailau6763
    @kawailau6763 6 місяців тому +2

    Good driver

  • @slaveoth5114
    @slaveoth5114 6 місяців тому +3

    This is one weird steering wheel control :/

    • @afxnxsjevs
      @afxnxsjevs 5 місяців тому

      the alignment always go off on these buses

  • @andrewbeadle9168
    @andrewbeadle9168 4 місяці тому

    @360 VLG
    Over 18 and geld full licence for 6 months

  • @900ccHarry
    @900ccHarry 5 місяців тому

    Could not imagine driving without an assault screen

  • @tonestransportphotos3453
    @tonestransportphotos3453 5 місяців тому +3

    Your suppose to use yout Hazzard lights while reversing out the bus station bay. Has 'nt your company got a gdpr & social media policy .. the customers are great on that route at waiting for the driver to input the tickets into the ticketer machine 👀👍... ussauly i get customers plonk thier card on while still asking 😮

  • @emanuel8305071717
    @emanuel8305071717 6 місяців тому +6

    Wow I want to drive the bus

  • @thuretupp6486
    @thuretupp6486 6 місяців тому +3

    Nr. One :Drive to the left

  • @ascelot
    @ascelot 6 місяців тому +2

    Curious, how where you allowed to film within a company bus without breaking gdpr/privacy laws/rules?

    • @TrainFanTV123
      @TrainFanTV123 6 місяців тому +7

      Either he is agency or he is taking a chance by recording and it’s been around 1 and half years since he recorded so they might of just allowed him

    • @matthewdoyle3877
      @matthewdoyle3877 6 місяців тому +1

      @@TrainFanTV123still illegal anyway

    • @Phoenix822-n3m
      @Phoenix822-n3m 6 місяців тому +11

      Because it’s not breaking GDPR at all, it’s not illegal to record I’m public at all, the only laws regarding recording in public is up skirting which this driver definitely hasn’t done 😂 no one has privacy in public hence why it’s public

    • @robhines4537
      @robhines4537 6 місяців тому

      Most bus companies won't allow it, and is deemed gross misconduct, even saying anything negative about your company will get you called on.

    • @michellerafferty3222
      @michellerafferty3222 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Phoenix822-n3mand documents too

  • @matthewdoyle3877
    @matthewdoyle3877 6 місяців тому +6

    Concentrate on your job instead of doing videos for clicks

    • @iDislikeAlotofThings
      @iDislikeAlotofThings 6 місяців тому +10

      He is doing his job while entertaining enthusiasts and possible future drivers. The camera is on a mount which allows him to drive without getting distracted.

    • @paulwalker9283
      @paulwalker9283 6 місяців тому +1

      Shut up Matthew bellend

    • @JaredBrown-m6y
      @JaredBrown-m6y 6 місяців тому +4

      Bet you're fun at parties...

    • @skfa1216
      @skfa1216 6 місяців тому +3

      Grow up mate, he's literally doing his job - driving a bus. Just happens to be on camera.

    • @arjansandhuynwa9117
      @arjansandhuynwa9117 5 місяців тому +1

      😂😂😂😂 oh boy bet you're not fun at parties 😂😂😂😂