Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Under Pressure!

Pressure starts early, doesn't it? DD started actually driving the RTA city bus today. She drove the 40' bus for about 30 minutes, in traffic! The turn signals are on the floor and operated with your left foot so you don't have to take your hands off the steering wheel. Quite a change from her personal car, an old VW.

She is having so much fun telling us all the stuff she's learning - from how to evacuate the bus in an emergency to handling drunks. Want to bring your snake on board? Allowed if it's in a proper cage. Stiff the driver on the fare? Not worth making a big deal out of it but let them know they have to have the proper fare the next time they ride the bus.

The bus has to be completely inspected before they can take it out of the yard - tires inflated properly, brakes working, etc. In just a few weeks they (she is in a class of five) will have a driver with them and actual passengers on board. Shortly after that they're on their own. The trainer says they will all be ready by then but for right now there's so much to learn and they're feeling the pressure!

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

cute!! Good for her!!!

Mom said...

I fell safer knowing I have a well trained bus driver. I do not want to travel on the bus with the snake.