A wet, foggy morning in northern NJ with Bus 1811. We pre-trip the bus and deadhead to the first pickup. This student caught me by surprise and I almost passed their pickup, as they are rarely there in the morning!
This is one of a set of C2's we acquired recently. It hasn't been fitted with Child Check-Mate yet. See if you can find the one time I used the exhaust brake in the initial drive. The C2 exhaust brake is very aggressive, to the point where I find it unusable for regular driving around town. It's nice to have on long highway downhills, such as I-78 into eastern Pennsylvania. I much prefer the motor coaches I drive, where you can select the intensity of the engine brake.
The second clip is driving from a layover spot to the first pickup of the second school. At the end, we see one the annoying things about the C2: if the door is not fully closed, as often happens when entering the bus, activating the warning lights (intending for ambers) brings on the reds with the stop arm and crossing arm, even if you're scooting down the road. I could easily have harpooned a sign at the side of the road with the crossing arm. The driver has to remember to re-close the door after powering the bus on.