School Bus driving is a 100% full-on sensory overload skill set. It takes a very special person who not only wants to do it as a profession, but is continually striving to be better at it. When you also add in the mix of noisy, exuberant kids, traffic, insane drivers who do not respect the sheer size and weight of a rolling school bus, in-climate weather, rotten road conditions, highway construction, challenging routes, Base control radio chatter, unforeseen and unpredictable on-road happenings, animals, flying debris, break downs, flat tires, and on-board emergencies, then paying full attention to where the bus is going in front of you and where it's been in back of you and along both sides... you start to get the idea of why we have Rodeos. You never can learn enough...and every new series of bus presents a whole new set of things to familiarize yourself with. We were told they are now making 8 1/2 foot wide and 45 foot long school buses. That's five feet shy of 50 feet. It has to be monster. If they're powering that brute with the Cummings four banger diesel, the manufacturer is crazy! I drive a 30 foot bus, with a Mercedes diesel four and it's an under-powered gutless thunder-tub. At 60 mph it's coughing it's guts out.... don't even think about trying to pass anyone on the freeway. In Michigan, they already banned that 45 foot whopper from being sold to school districts here.

Amazing ! Idk how they do it! Then add a bunch of laughing, screaming (maybe even fighting)kids and traffic and you've got yourself some real chaos ! It truly amazes me !!! Major kudos to anyone brave enough to even attempt this !!!

I have been driving in southern MD for a year now and I have to say ,when you first get a route it’s a very demanding job there you go dealing with the traffic,kids on the bus who don’t know you and you don’t know them so they can be a bit routhy and to top it all off there you go driving with a route sheet in one hand trying to learn the route. Most people think that all you have to do is drive a bus, let me just say driving that bus is very involved when you go do it with all the parameters involved

Im 19 but will start driving School Buses next March or April!! Cant wait lol, hopefully they assign me with a C2 as well; the best buses ever

Nice job on the video, I'm gearing up for the Pa. competition this helped me get back in the mood!

he messed up on the right offset

I love these videos

It's too annoying sounds.. All the buses are like that?

I love your videos

Do you got to do all this in 2024 though they changed it or is the change only for truck drivers

Bluebird Buses have a better turning radius

you was breaking way to much. It needs to be steadying driving. Good video yes thanks.

I feel like it's entirely unnecessary to be applying the brakes that often. Tsss tsss, just get to a safe speed an maintain it. I've never applied my brakes that much in an semi and I've been in a lot tighter places then in this testing yard, and im driving 80ft of truck with absolutely 0 visibility.

Where is 1. Pre trip inspection

I drive stick but this seems hard as f..

NO 4 WAYS ON WHILE BACKING UP

I prefer local motion

UR SUPPOSE TO HAVE ON

It's a very demanding job for what some people think should pay $10/hour with no benefits. OK, maybe 15!