A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BUS DRIVER (LATE SHIFT) 🌙🚌🚍🚦
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ย. 2018
- FOLLOW ME FOR A FULL DAY AS I EMBARK AROUND HUDDERSFIELD, JUST ME AND MY BUS
This feels weird writing another video description and I hope some of you read these!
Follow me around for the night as I embark on my first night shift. This video has been created from 3 hours worth of footage and I’ve spend a full 13 hours editing this as it’s just not wanted to work the way it should.
But mostly thank you to all my ‘flatcap fans’ out there for expressing the love and kind comments in regards to me coming back to bus driving. It’s been an adventure so far and I’m glad that I can take you along side me with this go pro.
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Great video, I'm thinking of becoming a bus driver in ethier Newcastle or huddersfield can u leave a suggestion of where I can drive
I applied for a bus driver job yesterday.
After 22 years in security. Just needed a change and love driving.
Got a question: when you run out of change, what do you do?
_That moment when you realise even bus drivers get the bus to work_
Cryoraptor I ride my 1199cc bike to work as a senior bus driver
I was thinking the same thing
I take the bus to work whenever it's possible because I save a lot of money by doing that. In Helsinki we, the bus drivers have unlimited free travel cards for all zones. However at 3am where I live I can't get to work using public transport so I drive to work
Cryoraptor hell ya we do!
I do that as well. Love it
Why did I just watch 20 odd minutes of someone driving a bus? Secretly I did enjoy it tho!
Not much of a secret now
Brian Newby I’m glad you enjoyed it :)
@@asef698 Haha :)
Same here!!
you see Brian your secret desire to be a bussie has been for filled ps better not tell the wife she may not understand ha
The most random recommended video ever but was actually interesting and enjoyable 😂nice one mate!
Why was this video on my recommended 😂
Cause u are going to be a bus driver
Josh.jd_drift who knows but I’m glad ya here!
The Flat Cap Bus Driver TH-cam’s algorithms doing you good 👍🏻
I hope you’ve enjoyed the video :-) happy new year and all the best
1:58 the driver wasn't messing around 😂
The idiots should wait for the green man then xD!
@@Zulisian person* :p
Great to see my old work colleagues!😂
Love this video Shaun...!!! 🎬📹📺
It's like I'm back driving in Hudds again...!!! 👍🔝
Great to see Damian as a bus driver as I used to take him home when he was younger 😁
DoubleDeckerAnton takin you back to a great time ;) Huddersfield missed you very much anton! Me and Shaun will see you in London one day :)
@@TheFlatCapBusDriver ...Yes..looking forward to it Shaun
Both of you are very poor being a busdriver is not something to be proud of 😭
@@piraat070 ???
You should see the buses in nottingham
I like the door that opens up into the staff room. Very Star Trek-like.
Train driver here. Don't know how this popped up in my feed, but I have somehow enjoyed it. I love to drive busses (as in: the vehicle), but not with the pressure from the timetable, in heavy traffic and with passengers watching every single move of me. I can drive them, aswell as trucks, but don't want to do it full time. So I'll stick to trains. No traffic, enclosed workspace, driving by signals, aaaaah, heaven.
I've always wondered what gives somebody the desire to drive a train. The reason I love buses (I'm not a driver; simply an enthusiast) is the maneuvering of that heavy bulk on wheels and the feel of the controls, ie, gears, parking brake etc, and last but not least, the gigantic steering wheel :D I'm interested to learn what satisfaction a train driver gains over a bus driver's. What's the difference? What roles do you have to perform and how do they compare?
I may ask you the same thing, what gives you the desire to do whatever you do? Whatever it may be, prepare for a lot of text and I hope it wansn't wasted time...
Both systems have their own challenges. Let me start at the very beginning, learning to drive a bus is definitely easier. You stick to the known road rules and have some extended rules that apply to heavier vehicles, that's about it. The vehicle itself is bigger, but the size gets managable after a while. You'll be sitting behind a wheel of a bus faster than behind train controls. But that should not imply that driving a bus is "easy" per se. The much bigger size, dense traffic and unpredictable road users require nerves of steel. Standing passengers should let you think twice if you slam the brakes hard when something suddenly comes in front. All that doesn't make the job easy at all. Attention to detail isn't crucial, but having your eyes everywhere and predicting what could happen next, that is what you get your paycheck for. Usually a bus driver has a lot of contact to his passengers, due to the nature of the vehicle. If you hate people, that's going to be your worst job ever.
Learning to drive a train takes a lot longer. The whole railway system is complicated and full of regulations, driving a train requires a lot of attention to detail and concentration. With steel on steel and long stopping distances, we have to think a lot further to know what do to next. You can bin your road rules here, this is a different world. So many things are regulated, safety always has to be ensured and in case of a disturbance, a train can't just pass. The size of the vehicle doesn't matter as much as in road traffic since trains steer themselves. After a while, the heavy weights and the bad adhesion to stop safely and at the correct spot will become normal, it's somewhat like getting used to the dimensions of a bus in traffic. Attention to detail is very important here. Bad weather (we plow through thick fog as if it were a bright sunny day), a lot of signals (and they're not just red, amber or green), the train's vital systems, even paying attention to little stuff like catenary movements, that is what is needed here. Sometimes, a lot of info comes at us in a very short time (talking of signals in thick fog @ 160km/h) that has to be processed quickly and acted accordingly. What's easier for us, we don't have traffic around us, we don't expect stuff in our way (see... that's why we plow through fog), we always have the right of way on level crossings. We don't need to watch for other vehicles on our track, we drive by signals. We *always* have to have our regulations present (and there are A LOT). When something happens, you don't have the time to think about what to do next, you have to react immediately and correctly, due to the nature of our vehicles to skid along for a good kilometer before coming to a stop. A train driver usually has zero to very limited contact to his passengers. If you love people and greeting them etc., you better don't start driving trains.
What's the conclusion? Sitting behind the wheel of a bus goes quicker, but you need nerves of steel. Operating a train will take a lot more time and training, but will be much more relaxing to your nerves. Both jobs need good rest and a wake mind. On the road, you need your eyes everywhere. On the tracks, you need them in front, but very far upfront and very sensitive to little changes and details. Also, out of a pool of say 100 people, more of them could become a bus driver than a train driver, at least that is the situation here in Switzerland. The tests one has to undergo to pass the recruiting to drive trains are extremely hard and perfect health is needed and tested by a doctor. Whereas "everyone" that is mentally able to operate a road vehicle and can see good enough, even with aid of glasses, will be approved to drive heavy road vehicles. Doesn't mean that they can or will do it any good - but entering the business is just easier.
@@eMMjunaYschion Interesting comment regarding health - I'm an airline pilot and have poor eyesight (when uncorrected), a heart condition, asthma, and a history of panic attacks a few years ago. I wonder if the same situation applies whereby if you can tick certain boxes and take only approved medications, you are granted a medical...
@@JulianShagworthy I don't know about airline medicals, but heart condition sounds like a denial reason to me. Asthma is also a denial reason, when unstable with returning asthma attacks. Psychologial tests will also be made (a LOT, including stresstests), if you're panicking there, that was it. Poor eyesight is ok to a certain limit (+3/-6dpt), but with glasses or lenses, eyesight needs to be at least on 1.0/0.7. You don't get there, you're out. Hearing loss can be max. 20-30dB (depending on your age and tested frequency), no hearing aid allowed. Absolutely no diabetes of any tipe, AIDS, HIV, other blood infections or conditions, good EKG/ECG picture, maximum BMI is 35 (was 30 once), a standard urinal test and blood test have to show results within a normal range.
I am not a doctor, as I have said in my initial comment, but we do undergo quite a few tests during recruiting and later, during employment, we have regular medical checkups. They're done quickly, only about 20-30mins, but that is enough to find out wether you're within the limits or not. Medicine to keep you within the limits is allowed, when the medicine itself is approved. A higher blood sugar level for example can be lowered with todays possibilities, but as soon as it turns out to be out of limits and considered diabetes, you hand over your keys and won't drive anymore. If you soon get back into the limits again, you will be re-approved and monitored constantly.
It's not a cool thing to say that I have to undergo strong medicals, since my job and my source of income depends on it. On the other side, it's not my employer that defines the standards, but our railway authority. The same rules apply to everyone, if you look after yourself, you'll be fine in most cases. You can also have bad luck and catch something you shouldn't, then you're out, unfortunately.
Then why are you always on f...... strike?!
think its pretty cool that when you mentioned that youre the top 233 driver, the time on the video is 2:33 lol
Lol
Bet when he got home the first thing he did was play OMSI 2 :D
Nah when he got in he watched fake taxi and plasterd the walls . I did anyway
I doubt it! As soon as he got home I bet he rushed himself to get changed then into bed! Been a busy day in this video.
Very inspiring and motivating to watch. I'm 25 years old and from Australia. It's been a dream of mine to be a bus driver. Thanks for uploading !
Did you realise your dream?
Great video! I'm a Bus Driver in Australia, I do mostly school runs, charter and long distance charter work. Great to see that its mostly just the same in another country, go round and round in circles on time and enjoy when there's barely anyone on!
Love it pal! thank you so much for watching, round in circles all day mate :) same stuff different country!! take care mate
this was very relaxing show us more of the surroundings 'walking in phase' like entering & leaving home office bus etc
Great to see some of the "warts and all" work of a bus driver's day.
All the little bits people don’t see! I hope I showed a great light into what goes on in my day :)
I'm from and live in London, not into buses, and not into these types of videos. TH-cam recommended it to me.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. You're a little sweetheart mate. X
Whoever designed that bus station hates bus drivers..
Lunatic Ostrich Go take a look at the one in Maidstone. 🤣
joeotway83 I don’t even work as a Bus Driver but Maidstone has a terrible bus station, you should see the new one in Tunbridge Wells Industrial estate
@@OzokuRJS haha they look terrible. I'm a bus driver from the Netherlands and I'm glad we don't have bus stations like this. We are not aloud to reverse ever so our bus stations can't be like this. Knooppunt Schiphol noord is actually beautiful. It's build with steel from an old hangar
Lunatic Ostrich it’s a pain sometimes, especially at 4/6pm as there is so many buses and not enough places to park, causes some serious delays!
Whoever runs out isn't too keen on them either ;)
Awesome that you can record while driving! My agency has a very strict "no electronics" policy which includes mounted cameras
If your video was filmed on Monday I'm disappointed I didn't see you as love your videos
Aw, gutted I didn’t see you mate! It was filmed on Wednesday I think! But if you see me come and say hello!!!
Thank you very much for sharing the day in the life with us. It brought back very fond memories for me. In the late 80s I drove 30 and 40 foot long Gilleg Phantom buses at Stapleton International Airport in Denver Colorado. I bid and won a position on the lot 4 route which ment I operated my bus on the AOA. (aircraft operational area) where the aircraft, baggage carts and other things that are in the secured area of the airport dwell. Some were intimidated to drive around the jets. I preferred it to the city traffic any day of the week. It was a relaxing, job. The pay was fair, and after a while, I got to know some of the flight crews. In all things considered I'd do it again. Once again, thank you for inviting me into your day. May you have many safe and enjoyable ones in the future.
You cant be a real bus driver,you haven't deliberately cut anyone up or had a road rage incident with a van driver :)
Dixxie Normous love it 😭🚌🚌🚌🚌
The video is heavily edited :D
Good to see you know how to tie a proper Windsor knot. Good man!
Subbed just because, excellent service you guys provide & to such a high standard (by you anyway).
Keep doing what you do sir😁
Great vid mate nice too see it from a driver's point of view as a passenger every day
A great great fantastic video. Really enjoyed watching your video. Many thanks from chris 👍
I love public transport! Here in Melbourne Australia you can get anywhere on transport because it is that good here! Good to see the life of a bus driver!
So many memories. 👍
This takes me back to my old stagecoach days I left service work for coach and minibus contracts now on lockdown and laid off due to this covid19 corona virus but really thinking hard about going back to service when the country starts moving again take care and keep safe everyone
I love that Iveco - Irisbus steering wheel!
Pretty satisfying to watch
great video. Good insight into a late shift of a bus driver. Love your videos, More videos please.
adam70023 thank you so much for the comment and support mate! More videos on the way! Any ideas the pop over to my Facebook and give me a message :) 🚌🚍
Thank you from Sydney, Australia. I enjoyed the video. Huddersfield bus station has good layover capacity it seems, and so many bays.
Tom U good’day mate! Hahah I hope everything is good over the water!
It seems like a lot but there is so many buses that use the parking so it gets full pretty quickly
5:55 - watching you back the bus I thought BLIMEY he is hooting backwards - then I realised I am watching in 1.75x speed ha, ha, ha - made your shift go nice and quick though! Thanks for sharing!
Nice video m8, greets from Germany, please do some full driving route tho in the future, thanks much apprechiated.
Need us another one of these Shaun!
Great video,, brilliant idea 💡
Thank you mate!!!
Great vid mate! Cant wait for the next vid keep up the good work
Adam Flavell thank you mate, all he support is amazing!
Amazing! Make some more of those, like an series
Great vid, more please!
Thank You For taking my family Safe and Sound.
my pleasure, thank you for the lovely comment!
Easy job cashing in, us conductors on the 339 route in Epping have to do it the old fashioned way!
This brought back memories of driminga route ,aster woth a crash gearbox
Great video! Love it
Loved this style of video. Adding a couple more bits here and there, and you could make this a little series!
Loved it mate
That’s what I’m thinking about doing! Thankyou for your comment, glad you liked the video!
Epic video as always Shaun. Great to see you back. 😀😊🚌🚐
Thank you Sarah! Very glad to be back and enjoying it again!
@@TheFlatCapBusDriver you welcome Shaun. I like the route visual bits too 😊😀
Absolutely brilliant video!
Thank you so much mate!
What a great vlog, I'm impress on how you manage to film that during the night time. Core that must of been cold and long lol
Nice videos mate keep up the good work
This was in my recommended videos and I gotta say this is by far the most interesting one I've seen. I really enjoyed it :)
thank you buddy :) hope it was a good watch :)
im getting recomended this now ive watched it and its very interesting
Normally watch truck videos but enjoyed this ...top work 👍🏻
Adam Forrester thank you mate :-)
Love the videos cheer me up no end
My dad was a bus driver for 20 years down here in Southampton
Wow. It's so different in many ways to how we do it here. And uh.... not worse, a might add :) Nice vid!
Hey, thank you!
Love the video. I love buses especially the optare solo I've always wanted to be a bus driver hopefully when I'm older I can be one keep up the good work for the public
Thank you so much for your comment! When your older and have a car license, take in your cv to a bus depot and don’t stop till you get where you want to be! Have a good new year 🚌
optare solos are the worst buses to drive and they dont half rattle
It could not be more different to driving a bus in rural Wales as i do, great video though driver.
Really great video Shaun, please do more like this :D
I will do my best mate!!!
From one driver to another.. nice video fella...god company tiger...use my drivers pass on the X58 to sowerby bridge from rochdale....nice friendly drivers
Its great watching this video again Shaun...!!! 📲👀...😆
I didnt realise you didnt know an Ashenhurst route and then you did a 'reverse Golcar'. Was that a 302 instead of an 301...? 🤔💭
Love your vids!
Great vid mate. Never watched you before but can already tell your great and I’ve subbed and hit the bell already
George Groves thank you so much! Merry Christmas and I hope you enjoy the content I’m bringing out soon
Keep doing these Shaun mate!!!
Shiptonthorpe United U14s I will mate thank you :-)
I was already lost when he put the tie on… so hard
Enjoyed the video, please post some more. We have Optare Versas here in Burnley, never got to drive a Tempo.
ill be working on one soon :)
Out of all the day in the lives i've watched (train, truck, farmer and a coca cola driver) this one has the least for some reason?
This is quite informative, deserves more.
you're an upbeat person, i like it
Thankyou very much, really appreciate it 👍🏼
Great video mate, and a rather nice looking Scania on your back half too
JONNNY! Glad to be back mate! That Scania was a beauty!!!
Can’t go wrong with a Scania, powerful beasts
@@TheFlatCapBusDriver we have a few scanias over at rochdale depot 6 of them i think our volvo's are better because they have them seats across from the driver i like them and they look a bit better they dont look much diffrent though
@@Jonny_____ No driver comforts though.
nice journey
Started my first day of training to become a bus driver in Hull today, quite enjoyed this video to see what happens at another company
How’s it going now?
@@JimiCanRead worked there for just short of 2 years and got sacked 🤣
I want to be a driver when I’m older, nice to see what it’s like in the life of a bus driver! Great vid Shaun!
Same but I doubt bus drivers will be a job son 🥲😭
Trust me little boy, you don't want to anymore if you know what a pain in the ass job that is.
@@svensts3pub I don't want to anymore anyway I used to be obsessed with buses lol
@@southern.spotterthe jobs not the problem it’s the selfish public and hours that is a pain in the ars mate
Great video I really want to do one :(
Get one filmed ;)
That Yorkshire Bus Driver i repair busses . I dont think im.a hero like people say . Just doing me job
sometimes not always be cool to see some videos from a engineering perspective
Great video. I subbed!
Thankyou very much mate really appreciate it!
good vid xx
Thank you so much for making this video, I absolutely loved it and can I just say this? I have the upmost respect for you lot and I always will. I also work in customer service albeit in a charity shop so I can understand how it must feel for you all.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, it’s comment like this that make me do these videos!
Customer service is hard but it’s a enjoyable role sometimes 😭😭
Very interesting
I’m not accustomed to the UK driving style yet, but you just earned a sub!
watching this in preparation for Bus Simulator coming to PS4.
I've probably seen you at some point as I used to drive the 203/202 Huddersfield to Leeds
If you see me again give me a wave 👋 🚌
I clicked on this by accident, actually enjoyed watching it though lol
Hi I came across your videos I must say I did enjoy it a lot if busses are dying out because most people chose they car
Great day in the life video! I had to keep reminding myself that you guys drive on the other side of the road lol
Hahahah thank you mate! Collaboration sooonnnnn
The Flat Cap Bus Driver haha definitely man!
@@TheFlatCapBusDriver ....can't wait for this joint Collab...2019 will be a great year for Collab videos...!!! 🔜😁👍🎬📹📺🔝
Huddersfield, I live in Bradford and my nana lives in sheepbridge in brighouse
3:35 😂 first bus driver has a look of “what the hell is he filming for” 😂😂
Great video pal
Thanks pal!
BRILLIANT first 'proper' Video, showed me a lot can't wait till the next one.#flatcapfans
Glad that I showed you a lot of my day! We’re all flatcap fans aren’t we 😂😂
@@TheFlatCapBusDriver We sure are #flatcapfans
You are a character lol. Just found your channel. Subbed.
Thankyou very much really appreciate it!
With my short attention span there aren’t many videos that can keep me 5 mins and i just watched this whole thing. Your doing sommat right pal. Also X63 master race
Thank you so much for your reply :) I'm really glad you enjoyed this video :)
An interesting and enjoyable video.
Thank you!🚌
How very dare your Go-Pro throw a sickie before coming up t'Golcar Alp. Anyway, most enjoyable and please tell Metro to stop moving those bruddy bays around on the bus station, tis doing my head in. 🤪
Andy Richards typical go pro isn’t it hahah must be scared of golcar 😂 oh tel me about it, they are all over the shop!!
Love this! I maybe want to become a bus driver
That’s great! You should go for it!
Quite enjoyed that.
Thankyou very much
Great video - what model bus were you driving on the second part of your shift? (Steering wheel looked like a Scania?).
I hope to be a bus driver oneday. Wish me the luck guys
@Lei P no worries bro, because i live in Morocco, and we will have this technology after 300 years maybe
@@BM3USNAVY Allah bless you my brother.. Thank you so much. May Allah make all your dreams comes true
Good video
I live in the centre Il be looking out for him now!
After 6 years driving from the Hudd that's the first time I've seen inside the tiger mess room. I guess I'll wave if you're ever on golcars.
Definitely give us a wave 👋 have a good new year! 🚌
I don't understand how some one could dislike this video
It's great when you can finish early enough to get the bus home but when it is 00.40 am and you are driving the last bus...
It’s a killer! Tell me about it!
I’m lucky as most nights I drive but when I decide to take the bus use the staff drop off driver so I’m always home 😂🚌🚦
Brilliant video mate. In regards to that run you didn't know. What do you guys do for route learning?
Ash hi mate, route learning can be a difficult one depending on how much time you have free.
Sometimes we will do the run with a driver on our days off (paid) and learn it this way. Other times a mentor comes with us on a run to make sure that we’re comfortable with it!
When a new starter is on the road they are paired with a mentor who will show them all the routes :)
Hope this helps mate! Take care 🚌🚍
Cool job mate :0 am down in Halifax so i might get in to your bus some day ;0