School Bus Driver's Day (PICKUPS, DROPOFFS, FUELING, EVERYTHING!)
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I took the cheese wagon to school from 1st to 11th grade. I lived far from town and was always the 1st or 2nd stop. Would talk to the bus drivers every day. Help out finding stops when we had a temp driver. In the morning, if the driver got ahead of time on our route, they'd pull into a gas station and we'd all have 3 minutes to buy candy and go to the bathroom. In the afternoon the driver would take a vote when we left school. Ah the 90s. We only had one car pass us illegally. I was in 7th grade, and it was a minivan. Tag UGH-69Z. I gave it to the bus driver but never knew if they got in trouble. Thanks again for what you do. This brought me back.
Bro thanks for the contribution!! That's awesome to hear. Yea I rode in the 90s myself. Graduated class of '99 good times. I would totally get fired if I let the kids sit with me at a gas station lmao. So cool to hear though. Thr past was much easier on all of us lol
What kind of tag has the word *UGH* in it?💀💀
Lol that is how I was when I was a kid. I always talked to the drivers and always helped the substitutes with the routes. I was the first kid on and last kid off because my school was far from home. Good times.
@@m1styplusallyrightspersonalized plates?
I salute you sir. You are a better man than me. Dealing with teens on a school bus can be a stressful job and nowadays dangerous. Some kids today have no respect for adults. You guys don't get paid enough for the responsibility or the drama you have to deal with. Thank you for sharing sir. Be safe out there. Complacency kills.
“Cant say gas, its a big thing- you gotta say feul..”
3 seconds later: “Gassin’ her up!!!” 😂 love it
Haha exactly lol
I have been told some newer drivers (or those taking a spare) have put gasoline in a diesel bus and destroyed the engine 😱, so I think they’re trying to engrave it on people’s brains to use the word “fuel”. 🙂
@cathyhindle6282 yup you nailed it.
My fear as a bus driver would the kids being terrors. Such polite kids!
They are only polite as they leave. I tend to want to pull my hair out on the actual trip
Didnt have to break up a fight, no vomit on the floor from a sick kid, no dropped toys or leaking water bottles rolling around as you were driving, among other things. Otherwise quiet runs...
Great video - driving a school bus myself after a career in semiconductor equipment maintenance, glad I left that industry, nice to see the real world outside of the confines of a wafer fab. Love my kids - they can put my blood pressure up but the job satisfaction is great - you won't be a millionaire on the wages but you leave a lasting legacy, taking kids safely to their education and back. My kids have also taught me a lot, especially about modern music and trends! Also, I find that my faith in God is important - there is no way I would have considered doing this job otherwise. My greatest wish when I eventually retire is that someday I would come across one of my kids, now grown up and doing OK in life, and having a chat with them about old times on my bus! One thing that never fails is respect for the kids as individuals and building a relationship with them, rather than being a hard disciplinarian. I don't mind a certain amount of noise - kids are kids after all, but I won't tolerate nastiness or bad language.
Hooooo that is amazing, it's not just drive to point A to B there is I a lot more than just driving; great video didn't know you had to do all that hard work, you have a lot of responsibility, again great video.
Yes indeed!
When I started driving a garbage truck back in the day, even that felt like an adjustment driving a much larger vehicle. I can imagine driving a school bus (which is almost triple the length of most cars I think) would take some getting used to even with years of being a good non CDL driver.
In grade school, my school bus driver and his wife came to visit all the kids' parents at home and tried to sell them cleaning products.
😂😂😂
I drive in Mesa. The worst for me is the garbage on the floor. The schools will hand out food to the kids so they can throw it on the floor. The best way to get the cars to stop is to just pull over and put the hazards on lol. They always stop for that. Put the sign out and it is no way. Not stopping. 9 days left of this school year.
Good of any kind can be a choking hazard. We don't encourage it.
I always thought that would be a fun job. Only ever had one male bud driver. He was an old school military guy. He was nice but we were still afraid of him.
In 3rd grade I do happen to notice that the school bus is yellow so I used to shout BANANA BUS and get shouted at for screaming banana bus 😂
THEY GOT CAMERAS NOW
Yes...yes they do!😊
There is actually a law about a divided highway in many states, where if there is no median, but a shared left turn lane and multiple lanes per direction, that is legally equivalent, at least in NC. I do not know why. That one guy had road rage.
Don't let it get too crazy just do what you can. Thanks a lot for the information Be blessed
Very helpful video, Jason. Thanks for taking time to present all these steps and give us all an accurate feel for what a school bus driver having multiple daily routes has to contend with. I'll reference this often through my early training.
Thumbs up if you ever saw your school bus driver driving a delivery truck or maintenance vehicle in the middle of the school day when you were a kid. Otto once said to Bart Simpson, "Sure, what do you think I do all day?"
Really liked the video I enjoyed it! Good to see you back. Learned a lot from video. Keep it up
This is a very fine video, unique, not the least bit silly, moves right along, and you make really good points with an excellent attitude.
When checking the air brakes you're supposed to shut the bus off
Yea you are supposed to. It was too cold. And the Thomas doesn't move while it's running. But yes per the rules the bus should be off.
You can’t check the service brake with the bus off
@@nayoungnj the service brake yes you pull the bus forward no more then 5 miles an hr and press on the brakes shouldn't pull left or right and abs light should not come on to check air brakes you need the buss off
My main comment said air brakes
@@michigantrapper4087 I got ya
Super awesome man !
Love the Superman Keychain Pop on the dash. For being told you can't say Gas but instead Fuel you said Gas 2 times outside of saying you can't say it. LOL
Glad the job is working out for you.
I'm guessing the bus runs Range G tires. Those things are hard as a rock even when way underinflated. You rarely ever get anything to penetrate those tires as long as the tire has a good amount of pressure.
I am surprised that the bus doesn't have a central tire air pressure monitoring system on it though. A lot of RVs have them now along with Semi Trucks/Trailers.
Yea i have no idea lol. Thats for the garage to know. We have no air pressure gauges for sure.
Saying gas is a habit. I guess because diesel is not gas...we must say fuel. I find it funny lol
@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC Then I guess technically you can't call anything but ethanol-free Gas since everything else has ethanol mixed in with it.
I was literally
Just wondering this about you Jason!!! Very cool brother.
love the video super informative!
wow the kids are so nice and polite
Its only like that with the high school kids lol. Middle school is polite only when they get off, i feel its a cover up for how they behave during the ride. Elementary school is just ruthless lol.
BUT i try and be nice when they all get off by wishing them a good day etc. And most will respond regardless of their behavior during the ride lol
Who in their right mind has kids ages 5-7 getting to school at 7:15. In middle school, my bus didn’t even pick me up until 7:15.
Alot of places actually lol. But In This video, it's the high schoolers that start that early, then the 5-7 year Olds at 8 15am. Be happy you got to start so late. I now take kids to school by 6 30 am. Lol
Awesome video man, really enjoyed it.
Glad to hear it!
Nice video man! You seem like a super chill driver and have the passion for it. I've been working as a night shift grocery stocker for almost 4 years, and wanted to change things up a bit and give it a shot maybe. I'm turnin 23 soon so Ill def be one of the young guns. Also would be cool to be from a diff perspective, as I rode the school bus everyday growin up haha.
It's fun. Worst part is the crazy kids, but ya get to know them and it becomes easier.
Don't let the certifications stop you either, it can be alot to learn, but comes 2nd nature after a while. Good luck!!
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC Thanks man 👌🙏
Have you applied?
School districts are always looking for younger, bright adults, to train. You’ll be good.
Wow that's a lot of runs in the morning that is not easy at all kudos to you . Is it hard to remember the routes because three schools that is a lot I don't know how you came up in my suggestions but I clicked and this video was definitely worth the watch !!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
i dislike when someone honks behind me when i am waiting for the bus to finish its stop.
That’s crazy! You picked up the same empty bottle that I picked up tonight on my school run haha great vid bud 👍🏻
Great video! Be safe!
Nice vlog very enjoying🔥🤙🏽
New Driver here. I definitely agree with you about the cars and the stop signs. Nobody really cares about a school bus unless something happens to a bus their child actually occupies.
I get more people that stop for the hazards, but will pass the stop sign like it's nothing.
I have quite a few neighborhistops where the kifs have to cross yhe street. Cars will still try to turn in front of the bus and honk at the kids as if they're in the wrong.
Neat how you all have that Zonat Scanner.
I am also jealous that you have a radio. Growing up in MD, listening to your favorite song was a bus highlight. In NC, they don't have them. We either have a silent ride or just kisten to chaos the whole way home. 😭
I am also a school bus driver, in Toronto. I deal with similar issues. I check my bus similar. Some differences tho. See u next vid.
That’s c, great video 👍😎
THE BUS WAS SUPPOSED TO TO BE OFF TO DO THE AIR PRESSURE CHECK🤦🏾♀️ with the emergency brake pushed in… lmao
I have now worked for 3 districts. Each one does it a slight bit diffrent. But yes. That is correct. The district in this video did not require it.
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC My Supervisor really don’t want us to do it everyday or at all. But I’m not driving no bus if I don’t do my airbrake check. I need to make SURE my brakes work. because we have to sign off as to whether it was working or not.
cool video Jason ...
Very informative video in the life of a school bus driver.
good job for doing a pre trip
You have to, with zonar, you have no choice 🤷♂️
COOL STUFF THANKS FOR SHARING
Thanks for watching!
Dang that cummins sounds amazing.
Watching replay 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
As good as the first time??
Great video! I am considering changing careers and becoming a bus driver. The school district I live in needs drivers bad and they provide cdl training which is nice.
OH YEAH UNTIL YOU FIND OUT THEY START SCREWING YOU ON YOU PAY!
THEY DO THAT YOU KNOW ITS ALL A REPUBLICAN
BASED PROBLEM
BECAUSE ALL THE REPUBLICANS ARE JEALOUS OF THE GREAT JOB BIDENS DOING
SO THE GOP DOES WHAT THEY CAN TO SCREWS US ALL OUT OF OUR PAY!
YOU KNOW WHAT I FIND INTRESTING!,
IS YOU TAKE SOMEONE THAT JUST WON A $400 MILLION
LOTO TICKET 🎟
BUT DOES HE GET 400. MILLION?
NO OF COURSE NOT HE GETS HALF OF IT WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT DO WITH THEIR HALF?;
THEY SAY THEY GIVE IT TO THE SCHOOLS!!!!
BUT I NEVER SEEN A DIME OF IT!!!!!
SO WHERE DOES IT ALL ACTUALLY
GO????!!!!🤔
I start orientation tomorrow I got my permit in a small-midsize town/city can you actually make a living doing this? How was the pay when you first started?
I am now in a smaller city. And they just don't have the hours. 6 a day if I'm lucky. And they pay alot less. All has to do with the city and the folks who vote and support a good school budget.
Cool well I'm just gonna try it out since the yard is like 3 blocks away from my apt thanks for getting back to me
pretty cool.
Love videos
What do you do if a fight breaks out in the bus?
pull over and call the police
Rigth on that was very interesting.
That's a lot of work you have to do. Here in the Netherlands we drive small electric vans with a maximum of 8 people. We have the vans at home. Everything can be read via the dashboard, just like in a modern passenger car. Tire pressure, broken lights, etc. Electrical, so no need for oil pressure or coolant control. At half past seven in the morning I log in to the on-board computer with a chip card, and then my school route appears on the screen, including cancellations or other details. Many drivers drive older people to daycare after their school route. Then I charge the car between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. (I have 10 public charging stations within a 1000-foot radius), and then drive back again. Check the bus for leftover items and log out. That's it.
I’m in the process of reading and learning the CMV driver guide and I’ve applied to be a substitute school bus driver. I’m nervous about the actual driving test but mostly the knowledge of all the inspection points and items to memorize to pass the test. I’ve heard you hav to get all 100 items correct in order to pass. Also I’m a bit nervous about driving in snowy conditions. I just retired from my job of 36 yrs but I needed something to supplement my retirement income with things being so expensive now. Can you give me any advice about the pointing and naming of all the different functions and parts of the bus please ?
I struggled with the pre trip inspection/naming all the parts. I spent alot of time practicing and reading all the parts over and over until my brain was fried, I was very un confident about if I could remember it all, but to my surprise I was able to. In the end I think I freaked myself out so much that I became super un confident, But I did know it all. Once you go thru the test it becomes 2nd nature. Funny thing is on the daily job, you really don't have to go thru all the parts, just a visual inspection to know it's all still together and working is sufficient enough lol. Good luck and let me know how it goes or went! ❤
This is great video. I have a question please how this midday shuttle works? What time you do it?
Dog-ear Thomas can be rough.
Now I know!
People tend to allow their ego to override their better natures. There are kids in these buses. If something happens to them because of their reckless driving they will be going away for a very long time. Prisoners hate child killers.
You get up at 5:30 AM?! HOLY CRAP! I'm a driver! MY alarm goes off each day at 4:30!!!
I lived 0.2 miles from the yard lmao. And I had the latest route to leave the yard at 6:32 am.
Now I have moved. I'm more like 3 miles away and I'm sure I'll have to get up earlier.
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC 12 hour day?
@@bark-aholic6534 no 4 in the morning 4 in the afternoon
Great video, do you nap in between ? Also any perks working for the school district ?
Keep up the great work
We get holiday pay, contracted hours depending on which routes we choose, state retirement, PTO, and benefits. Its not bad at all. The pay is a bit below some others but its not terrible.
Sometimes I can get a nap between 930 and 1130. But depends on how tired I am and if I need to do any personal errands.
Thanks for this info. I am currently working on getting my CDL, and was already told I was hired for a school bus driver position. I have had sooo many questions, so I thought it would be good to search out videos such as yours, to get a better idea of what I’m getting myself into! Thanks! 🙏🏻
@@annagriffin5057how’s it going? Are you enjoying it?
So the general ed buses is different compare to the special needs buses drivers. I was taking the special needs bus in las Vegas NV to school and the drivers had a list of names of students that take the route. One time I did took the general ed bus in las Vegas NV in middle school but I didn't like it so we had an IEP meeting and I got switch back to the special needs bus. But I graduated in high school back in 2018 and I am 22 years old now.
in my state the busses are shorter for the special needs
Very awesome video! I do have a question. Would there be any reason for a school bus driver to arrive at a stop and open the doors and wait five seconds, then close them and then keep going? I see this happen every day at the same location.
That means that their boss, makes them stop at every stop and open and close to show they stopped (probably monitored by gps) instead of being like most companies/districts and after 5 days of no students it becomes a "dead stop" until a student calls and says they need it to stop there again. Hopefully that makes sense lol
@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC Interesting. Thanks for the reply! Yes, that does make sense.
I like your channel so much my name is seivion fisher I have a autism I want a be bus aid
I was up at 3 and my first pickup was at 5:30
OMG UR MY FRIENDS BUS DRIVERRRR
🤔😂
ill say hi to u next time🙏
Do you guys get to participate in field trips or just hangout on the bus?
Either one. Driver choice. All drivers get free admission to any field trip.
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC neat! 😃
Are you able to get full time hours doing this?
Yes at the job in the video yes, I got 40+ hours. Phoenix. Big city. Now I live in prescott valley. Smaller city. Only 30 hours. I've moved onto Amazon delivery for now.
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC Thanks it's something I have thought about doing here in Minneapolis / Saint Paul which is a big city. I've always wanted to be a bus driver. Transit, Student, or even Charter or combination of all. I've been studying for the CDL.
Jason so whats up comment from fan A"MIRE GIBSON
5:30 am to 5:30 pm. Sheesh. I thought being a school bus driver was primarily a part time job? What’s the pay like?
5:30am to 5:30pm BUT off from 9am until 1:30pm
Pay varies upon school district budgets etc voting for higher school budgets=higher school bus driver pay. So depends on your local politics 🤷♂️
I have an question that is math skills require for school bus driver even my english and math skill are weak. I am planning to become an school bus driver after retake and pass my dmv written test and pass the driving test 😊 please reply i just worried about apply school bus driver if i dont pass the cdl written test and driving test
So....what's the question?
I'm going into school bus driving so I can pay my way threw flight school definitely it's not a career for me lol don't pay enough I want a pilot salary but commenting on the authority thing idk where u work but back when I lived in nyc I used to roll blunts with my bus driver and we would gamble on basketball games and I was in 9th grade 😂😂 but he actually left for another job but he still owes me money after all these years but yeah I guess u in a nice neighborhood not the ghetto and I'm in the suburbs now the place I'll be working at is a suburb school so the kids are very well mannerd ❤
Nah you just had a wack bus driver. They have cameras now. Good luck rolling blunts around kids and not going to jail. Not much pays like a pilot, definitely a good choice.
@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC he was I guess 🤣🤣🤣
If you see that
the child meet button
On your bus do you know everyone that is on your route? Do you have a list of students names
If you get a route and keep it all year, that's possible. You end up knowing the bad kids names pretty fast. But no list of names.
What year is your HDX?
I have no clue actually.
Way past time to stop bussing to school
Freezing???
In Arizona???
Most of AZ gets snow. Phoenix is where it's hottest (and a few smaller cities). Winter months the lows are in the low 30s. Outskirts of the city get colder than that. Clearly there are places that get way colder but it still gets cold here. Especially if you have zero insulation lol
@@mrs.phoenixpoptastic5881 wow... we're never too old to learn something... Every day!
@@mrs.phoenixpoptastic5881 well said!
Hello, how to become a school bus driver?
Do you get the same bus each time?
Usually unless it breaks down.
Is there a list of kids to pick up.
Yes each stop has its own list of kids, but i dont carry it with me, the office has them listed out and organized.
Are these videos for kids
Well you are watching so...
When was that bus made?
2018
Thx it's a nice bus!!
My middle name is jason
What is the average pay rate for bus drivers?
$13-$20 a hour plus state benefits and paid holidays etc.
Holy that isn’t much at all. I’m in Washington state starting pay is $25hr for substitute driver and $31 starting pay for full time driver
I assume all these multi hour breaks are unpaid, right?
Yes correct.
You work contracts hours. For an example, morning runs are contacted 3 hrs. Afternoon route is 3 hrs again. Mid afternoon is 1 hrs, late run is 1 hour. Total for the day is 8 hrs. Obviously if you go over for some reason, you have a way to record that so you can get paid additional
But the transportation department knows exactly how long a route should take, so each route has designated hours
What kind of bus is that
That is a thomas
My dad drivers a thomas c2
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTICThomas HDX 😀
Are your breaks paid for ?
No lol. We work 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the afternoon
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC got it. I start training in two weeks but it’s for “part time” I’ll see how it goes. I mainly got in to get my class b and eventually work for waste management.
@@movalautodetailing2543 training took me forever!! 2 months almost. But after training it was so much better. I almost gave up during training, mainly because our training was very slow they used us as "bus aides" more than anything.
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC wow! That is a long time! I’ll be working for first student and they said it’ll be 2 weeks of training. Are you planning on doing other driving jobs? Maybe class A?
@@movalautodetailing2543 nah. I really enjoy bus driving. I have no loads to unload etc.
you work in pvschools!!
Yea!
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC me to but a teacher
do you still work there
@@Staff.MatthewMora no I work in prescott now
@@PHOENIXPOPTASTIC Nice
Man I miss his videos so much 😢
I'm gonna make him do another one soon. We are moving next week and once we get settled into our new home/town, I'm making him go on a hunt
The video is very good, here in Brazil when we are going out we also did some checks, but not that thorough.
Do you have an Instagram so we can talk more about the profession of bus driver in the USA?
But you don't get paid for spring break?!
Nope.
You get great hours!!