City Bus Driver Reacts To Coach Bus Drivers On TikTok
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ย. 2022
- A Sacramento, California city transit bus driver takes a look at awesome motorcoach bus drivers on TikTok. Are we similar at all? Can a city bus driver relate to a coach operator?
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I was a motorcoach operator in my previous, previous, previous life. You take your group to a restaurant, they almost always fed you, and if not, restaurants will feed you since you're bringing them a big group. Casinos always fed you and gave you room to stay. Outlets would give you stuffs, etc. Also, all the theme parks will let you in free, and Superbowls would let you into the stadium free, too. They fed us if I remember correctly. It was rather nice.
I like that, companies thanking coach drivers for bringing them lots of customers
My city offers free shuttle service (using city busses) to Ticat games. Operators get in free to the venue, and are given $30 concession vouchers.
@@DAndyLord Concession vouchers. That's right!
As a previous school bus operator seems like It's just doing 100% field trips
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I'm a bus driver up here in Chicago. Thank you very much Bus Driver Life for showing the public what bus operators go through on a daily basis.
Yeah, when I drove transit in San Francisco, I would tell the police and EMT's when they arrived at the bus, following an incident, "Transit Operators are the true first responders". All looked at me with shock, but agreed. I would explain to them, that window of time before any of you arrive, we are the authority whether we want to be or not.
I swear my busses have just two temperature settings - Iceburg or Lava. Nothing in between.
Lol I know how to make it operate to either/or , via the Intelliare 3 thermostat on the city bus
I once actually set to HH (high heat) and it brought the temps up to 100 degrees
Hello I'm a bus driver in Washington state. Enjoy your videos. We work split shifts alot and many people don't enjoy that or would rather do straights but I kind of enjoy going home for a nap every day.
That was an interesting look at bus driving; it's a tough job. Thanks for being out there for us.
Hi. I currently work OTR now, more consistently than I ever have and have gotten to really enjoy it. I have been a CDL carrier for over 20 years and have worked as a driver in a number of different capacities in both the private and public sector including transit, commuter, school bus and in most every platform available in the lower 48 involving “bendy” buses and double deckers. When I first worked long distance trips, I became a little concerned about being away from home so frequently, but I got used to it. Some insights from my experience pertaining to working charter trips and such…I actually learned to be more resourceful from working FEMA emergencies where you wind up improvising your lodging situation by employing an inflatable mattress atop some plywood extended over the seat tops. It depends on the emergency of course and the duration of the assignment. I typically won’t pack along such for more regular charter operations. The hammock could suffice, and I have one, but if I’m just on a day trip, I won’t fuss with it. Less stuff to carry, one less item for me to lose. When it’s a sports team and I’m laid over at the venue, I’ll lay back in a baggage bay on an outstretched blanket, bus parked at etc extreme end of the lot to be discreet, not that imposing and less obvious, although I am napping. Some onlookers may have some sort of an objection and it’s about image to me. In many cases, when feasible, I’ll default to the hotel room if the itinerary affords me the time. I’ve found more often than not, the bus isn’t needed to remain on site at the event, unless there’s other factors which make your not being staged an issue. As far as active participation with the groups I’m assigned to, including being invited to dine with them, my main focus is to remain ready or capable to transport the group once THEY are ready and done. I don’t prefer to have groups wait until I’m finished eating nor am I on the same schedule as they are unless it’s a multi day tour assignment where the host venue will include the driver in some way (Pigeon Forge, Branson, Texas Ranch locations, etc.). I don’t compel anyone to cover my meals and will usually carry something in case I need it. More often than not, if I’m not expressly invited, I’ll usually go elsewhere and it’s not to be antisocial. Most people have an understanding that I’m there for a purpose aside from being sociable.
I’ve had to wait 6 hours for a bus change once when my AC went out lol
Bro it’s so crazy you made this video. When I found your channel I had just started my training with First Transit and getting my CDL. Now I’m in the process of transitioning to coach driving 😂
That is crazy! Lol
I'm a School Bus Driver and i love it..
I drive a prevost coach here in nyc (an express line) and I get so annoyed when people sit in the front next to me. 99% of the time they cough sneeze and sniffle.
I always wonder why they sit in the front to cough and sneeze lol
2:42 you know many buses wouldn’t be on the street if drivers didn’t come in because we’re tired? 😂😂😂
Motor Coach and real Public Agency Transit (not low bid outsourced contractors) seem to have better maintenance. I worked 1 week in the 1970's for a low bid private School Bus company: had the manual transmission stop going into 1st & 3rd. Called Dispatch, who said "keep driving until it quits, then call me back." I finished the 2nd route & limped back in. Ah, I love the smell of burning clutch in the morning ... 🤯
My agency does the same thing for that 8 hour rest period. It usually applies to extra board operators only, which I don't have to worry about since I'm regular 😁
Ah yes the 8hr rule I hate it. Back when I was a list driver you'd get off at 10pm and have to be back in at 6am and then work until 10pm again. That rule should be a 12hr rule in my opinion.
So you're telling me you would work for 16 hours a day???
@@xTheNameisEthan because of some loopholes in the on duty off duty time there have been shifts I have worked 21 hours straight as a bus driver. I thought it was going to have an 18-hour day tomorrow but thankfully, some schedule changes mean that I will only be on duty from about 8:00 a.m. till 11:30 p.m.
This is all perfectly legal.
I dunno about 12 hours, but it definitely should NOT be legal to work 3 days in a row where both overnight breaks are only the 8hr minimum (yes there are legal schedules that can do this). This is especially true when the driver has to commute home both days. 8hr breaks are easily do-able on the road, with no commute
@@xTheNameisEthan This can also happen when your start time is earlier than it was the previous day. You don’t need to work 16 hours to have problems with the 8hr rest rule. (Yes you can legally work 16 hours, as long as just 1 of those hours you were off duty, and your wheels were rolling less than 10 of those)
I've never been this early to a comment section 🤣🤣. Great vid as always man👍
Glad to have you here early!
I have done both, drove charter/tour buses OTR, 7 or 14 day trips. Also drove transit in the bay area, one of them being Muni. More money was made driving tour buses prior to the plandemic, but after transit operators made more.
Man I have been watching your videos for almost over a year and it helped me become a transit operator in my city i really appreciate the content you put out very well informed and everything u have said is true keep it up my brother you really opened my eye to what happens in the field thanks again
The cones lol I was told you should never reverse your bus whilst in service but some of the stuff they tell u during training is more ideal world scenario as I have a number of occasions where I was left with absolutely no choice but to reverse for example when cars block me in
I'm a school bus driver and they tell us the same. I reverse daily everyday I go to a stop at a dead end on a narrow rd, I have to whip that bad boy around 🤦🏽♀️. They say we should call the police to back us up 🤣🤣🤣
I've done motorcoach tours and public transit. They both have their good and bad sides but I tend to lead towards public transit
Why is that?
@@LuckyCharms777 OTR is all fun and games until:
1. You end up running out of meds
2. Everyone starts missing you
3. Breakdown or crash (thank goodness that hasn't happened)
4. You get DOT'd (thankfully that hasn't happened yet but still)
5. Too many Bonehead Truckers
And others
@@adventureoflinkmk2
Yeah, I thought about upgrading to class A, but there’s something to be said for just showing up to work, driving your shift, then going home.
@@LuckyCharms777 I know that's right.. you can't pay me (or even tax break for that matter) enough for A Class, I done seen it all on TH-cam and especially Bonehead Truckers and motha truckas
@@adventureoflinkmk2
I also watch both Bonehead Truckers and Motha Truckers, and it’s definitely turned me off to trucking with the exception of local, air hourly. No way would I want to be stuck in a fuel line, traffic, at shipper/receiver, sitting overnight, etc, not making money. At least with transit I’m getting paid from the moment I take possession of the bus until I return it to the garage, without all the paperwork, scale, and DOT hassles.
My friend be using her Lysol when she is on her bus route up here in Queen City.
Yeah...all those "You should be getting 8 hours of sleep" remarks! I'm sure you know that it isn't always possible. I've worked shifts where I end at 8:30, but have to be back at the yard by 5:45am. I have a 30 minute commute on top. That is the reality of a transit driver's life.
Hello, bus driver life! Your page is interesting good! Just want to share that I passed my CDL permit and starting my lesson soon! Thank you so much for your content.
Congratulations!! Thank you for watching and I hope you continue to succeed!!
Great video. Love this!! LOL
Thank you!!!
Sup James
I never drove a motorcoach bus at all. I'm more of a motorcycle person when the spring and summer time comes up here in Milwaukee. Our hometown. I know you're glad to enjoy that Cali weather.
so the part of CFR 49 that covers CDL which includes all semis and buses, is mostly aimed at over the road truckers. cause its 13 hours on and 8 hours off. but again, if your a OTR trucker, you have hotels or sleepers where as bus drivers ether have the taxi back to depo or return the bus to depo. then drive home. it really sucks but the good news is my company has written the runs to provide usually 10 hours off on the worst spilt shifts and those are ones where you get a 4 to 5 hours mid day break xd.
Great video. I'm still learning tock tick
Thanks man! TikTok is not my preference but it’s here so I guess we have no choice lol. It’s actually good for making quick short videos and you can post them on TH-cam too..
Love your channel mate and I’m thinking of being a full time mailman driving a truck in Perth, Australia 🇦🇺.
Thank you for watching!!!
@@BusDriverLife yeah mate I hope I don’t deal with rude Karens as a mailman in the future after I leave high school, but if that happens I’m just gonna move away like an adult to let the angry person calm down as a strategy.
@@BusDriverLife but you like you say bro everyone has to deal with rude people in any job, you just gotta deal with it as an adult.
Indianapolis have Gillig BRTs and some new Gillig BRTPlus HEV. I also drive those buses too.
Your friend James have a TH-cam channel called motorcoach world
I know!
We’ve got quite a few MCI coaches on some express routes, and although Gillig is my favorite, those coaches are nice and smooth to drive.
Do your mci buses kind of tug the wheel at highway speeds over bumps? I like driving them but the wheel tugging drives me insane
@@DanielDaniel1 Yeah I think it’s a traction control issue.
Mci 102 dl3 for the win.
The dependable d
Viewing this whilst on a training day. Another new hire doing lefts n rights at an airport we serve. I’m open to being invited in to dine with my pax, but I don’t insist on it. I try and remain at the ready, would rather not have the group wait for me to finish eating. When it comes to lounging out - I have a hammock, never use it - I prefer to not be caught unawares. It’s not my fear of oversleeping, more being caught out of uniform and in more comfy attire. Again, I like to remain at the ready mid trip, as we’re underway and enroute. I can catch a catnap while not unwrapping my bedroll. The only time I’d utilize an air mattress would be on a FEMA assignment or Drum Corps duty on an extended tour, otherwise I find no use for such home-like accommodations.
Coffindodgers always sit at the front of the bus or coach whether they are paying for the trip or not. They'll even handbag each other in a fight for the seats. Woe betide you if you are under 65 and sit in the front seats. The hierarchy is students and under 26 at the back coffindodgers at the front bus or coach.
Love the cone test try a double decker over a one lane bridge or passing overhanging centuries old buildings that's a skill.
Oh that thing with the coughers. All too often some disheveled looking person with a bad cough gets on the bus and then sits right up front instead of going to the back. Of course there are transit bus drivers who drive motorcoaches as some systems have express routes. Especially NJ Transit, most of their fleet are MCI's. They have a lot of express routes. The most popular one is from NYC to Toms River and Atlantic City New Jersey. They actually have lavatory equipped buses on that route! MCI 4500CL's.
I was 20 Min late and I blamed it on Trafic.
I've been working for 7 plus years for a public transit company, majority of the time, I get extraboard instead of a fixed schedule. Meaning in extraboard, I have to call every day after 5pm to find out what route I'll be doing the next day, and what time I'm gonna go in and how long will the run be. Everyday was a different schedule and my sleep was all over the place. The company that I work for require us to have 9 hours of rest between shifts. And man, the inconsistent of the schedule would cause me to not be able to sleep. Almost everyday I would sleep between 2-4 hours!!!!!!. It is no joke running like that for years!!!! But I have to do it because California!!!!! is so damn expensive!!!!!. 2 to 4 hours of sleep and knowing that schedules are not only 8 hours. It is sometimes 9 hours or 10 or 11 or 12 hour shifts and to only be able to sleep for 2 to 4 hours on those shifts and every single day, is annoying. On my days off, all I wanted to do is sleep and rest but life doesn't allow that unless you are single and no kids. So I had to run in energy drinks every single day. On top off all that, have to deal with petty passengers, a busy day, wreckless drivers every second, petty bosses. It takes a toll on you. Driving is easy, dealing with peoples BS is not. Every single day I'm cool with everyone, as much as friendly you can be, they will still act stupid with you. Some drivers are a-holes. I'm not and I try to be understanding but they all make it difficult.
Our buses had UV air sanitizers installed during Covid. Some of these people cough like they’re dying and it’s so nasty
Hey! What’s going on man! I would’ve driven a motorcoach a year ago but you have to be 23 and I just made 23 November 9th. My pre hire experience was enjoyable. You have to dress up wear a suit for weddings and regular charters wear dress pants and a shirt with a tie or maybe not…you can take the bus home I think and the pay was based on commissions not hourly so I might do it I might not.
And if you have kids forget it people will never understand
Why do they have four wipers
Giving drivers only 8 hours off-time should be illegal.
Coach driver , a coach is not a bus lol , the terms do not interchange at least outside of the US they do not
6:11 -- doesn't your agency have something called a roadeo bro? Why not sign up for it
They have had them. I was thinking about it. It would definitely make for a great video!
We have a bus rodeo, but it’s only open to the most senior operators, perfect attendance, yada, yada, yada.
@@LuckyCharms777 well that stinks...
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