Parking Problems

One of a bus drivers pet hates is parking. No not parking the bus but other road users parking at the bus stop. Now some I can understand. The securicor van, for example, they have a limited time to get in and out of the place they are delivering to before an alarm goes off [...]

Ask the Driver Answers

Well I only had 3 questions asked me this week so I think that I will try and answer them the best that i can Focalplane asked: “The other day on Flickr the subject was the old Birmingham City Corporation fleet and I well remember the 96 Lodge Road service. Does it still exist? I [...]

A Thank You

I was brought up to always say thank you when someone does something for you. So a very big thank you to the wonderful people at Birmingham: Its Not Shit for mentioning my litle blog HERE. Please pay them a visit and have a look around. Its a very good site and I enjoy it.

The Vomit Bus

All was well on my bus for the evening. Passengers were being nice for a change and I was starting to enjoy the shift. It had been very very quiet that night and I remember thinking to myself “I hope that this isnt the calm before the storm” I should have kept my mouth shut. [...]

Ask The Driver

Somebody made a suggestion to me and I thought that it would be a good idea to try it out. Once a week on a Saturday I will select and answer a question that a reader asks. Or at least I will try to. If you want to ask me a question you can leave [...]

Rep-Mobile Idiots

Oh man what a way to end my day. All was good, yes I was on early mornings and its getting harder and harder to get out of my nice warm bed at 3am to drive a fridge errr sorry bus. Once you get past the initial shock of the early morning chill and get a good [...]

Abusive OAP

Oh yeah they do it as well. The OAP’s around here can be very abusive. For those that dont know OAP is an Old Age Pensioner. Usually over the age of 65. Now these OAP’s get a free bus pass for travel around the country (it used to be just for the West Midlands but [...]

Free Passes for Kids

Some time last week the BBC ran an article on its breakfast programe about giving free bus passes to children. Having spoken to most of the drivers on my route over the course of the week I can say that this will not and will never work. Its a pointless idea. The kids around here [...]