You be surprised how many people ignore that, even when a bus stop itself is being replaced and hanging from a crane and people still think they stop the bus or stand in the road!
I do similar videos about buses but I use a GoPro Hero 4 Session and I sit on the top deck of the bus at the front window. Sometimes I sit at the back of the bus so you can hear the engine. I do videos about the Dublin Buses we have over here in Ireland. In Ireland we have these travel cards called leap cards that give you up to 20% discount on your bus journey. People still pay the bus fare with cash! But no change is given and notes are not accepted. My first video will be at the start of November.
Kinda glad im in ireland. The bus drivers i have are always happy and so are the passengers. Sad how no one talks to the driver here and only give abuse or complain instead. Londons depressing
Our depot is about to lose its last ALX400 Trident. Thankfully our E400s are 2006/7 so they still go like hot shit, but woe unto us once the newer ones start filtering down to us, they're a bag of bollocks. Nice camera angle!
We've got a couple of ex London tridents at our place, go like rockets they do, flat out everywhere 👌 (minus those stupid cab screens, we rip em straight out)
i remember the old routemasters first time i was in London in 1989.i try to drive a bus thru Copenhagen in 98.it is not so funny to drive a big bus in a big town.
Awesome video mr. LP Busdriver ;) im a bit sad that no one sayed "Hello/God morning etc") Im gonna begin a career as a busdriver myself over to the east from you, here in Norway, Going to begin now in mid. July :D and cant wait to start up :D :D
Im sorry but what was he telling a lot of the passengers to do at quite a few of the stops, and what was that device he was typing into or whatever that was located above him and whenever he stopped at a bus stop, what was that yellow light that came on whenever he open the door???
To move down inside the bus, because there is no room to close the doors. The device is the iBus and the driver is triggering the audio message to the passengers to move down inside the bus. The light on the dashboard is the handbrake on light.
Are the lanes in London all really small? It seems like rather than fully drive in your lane, you ride in between a lot, maybe to avoid parked cars. In America our lanes are generally quite wide, though my city does have bus service, the city isn't urban enough to have dedicated bus lanes, or bus shelters everywhere.
+JMAN123436 yes, lanes are usually very narrow. When driving a large vehicle, the driver needs to decide if one lane is safe, or if they need to use two lanes. This is perfectly acceptable. Roads in this country were never designed for this kind of traffic, but rather for horses and carriages... and they have plenty of width for those.
wow. must be nice when everyone pays. not one fare evader so far in the video. I notice that sometimes when people press their oyster card it beeps more than other times. Why is that. Hello from Canada. been a bus driver for the last 8years and i love my job.
Hey if you still respond to comments I have a question about your camera setup. How do you secure your camera in the tridents? I've had a look in the dennis and volvo tridents and I can kind of see where you'd secure something to it, but what equipment did you use for this? I'd love to get some footage from my cab at some point in the future. All the best
I don't live in the UK (or Europe) so I do not know anything unless I watch a video, Is there a specific reason the driver will drive close to the middle lane (if not on it) and sometimes will stop in the middle of two lanes? (10:40) Could someone tell me if he's just being weird or if there is a reason for this madness.
+Blake Slocum yes, I can answer that for you. Lanes in England and especially London, are very narrow and the bus barely fits, so bus drivers often take a bit of the next lane, in order to avoid clipping mirrors of parked vehicles. At 10:40 I took two lanes, because just ahead two lanes were becoming one and therefore a good bus driver will act before a dangerous situation arises, e.g. a vehicle trying to "push" the bus, which is a more than common thing among arrogant English drivers. According to the Highway Code, a large vehicle can take as much room as it needs to proceed safely.
Life Reportage when i used to drive single Decker's for stagecoach (i drive double Decker's now) i used to take two lanes to avoid hiting pathways. #fat enviros 😨
just went for assesment and passed. was wondering how its like being a bus driver. are you still a bus driver, do you enjoy it if yes. why and if no why? and lastly whats the greatest advice you can give to someone comencing to be a bus driver
It’s the most stressful job in the uk. I last drove buses in 2011. Ten years ago I was making £5/600 a week. Now bus drivers make £3/400 a week. The job is not about driving; it’s about dealing with people. My advise? Just don’t.
is being a bus driver a good job? I have been offered a job for first got to start training but some people online say its a hard job and you end up getting spat on or assaulted ?
+Technologyadvisor1 it's a horrible job. You will be spat at and assaulted on a regular basis and on top of that you will have greed from management, it's a job you simply cannot do right, no matter what you do. No wonder they are always looking for drivers...
+biggles754 the drive has to call them back once. After that if they still don't pay, the driver can stop the bus and call the police. Some do it, some don't. There are plenty of inspectors and often the police will wait at bus stops and catch everyone on a bus by blocking all the doors and checking all passengers.
+Fadel Faour it looks fast because of the wide angle, but the speed limit was never exceeded. Also the very narrow lanes contribute to misinterpreting the speed. This is why they never assess drivers using CCTV. Instead they always send a driving instructor in person to do an assessment.
+wesley john clarke that I know of, only concessionaires from within London are accepted. Rules change all the time, so you are better off checking with TfL.
Simon Wong After you pass your practical test (If you're a trainee) you're taken out with a buddy/Mentor who is experienced at the depot your assigned to. You're then shown the routes and ticket machine, pricing, stages... etc for a week or so, depending on the quantity of services that is.) Another week with you under supervision. This is the time where you'll learn which terminus stands to stop at. Bus stops you'll learn as you go along. People hail the bus anyway which is most helpful.
+Meme Kashan Master when there are road works around it, or when it's not safe or practical for the bus to stop due to road works, the authorities put the bus stop out of service and they cover it appropriately. Signs are also posted to redirect passengers. It's a very common occurrence in London.
Meme Kashan Master did you not hear the driver he said "that's what you tell them when you forget to stop" the driver could have stopped there but forgot to.
No, you drive what and where they ask you to. With some companies you can ask nicely and depending on availability they might put you on the route you prefer, but this is only with some companies and it's very rare. Some of the companies (like Stagecoach) will make you drive all of the routes on rotation.
When I passed at stagecoach, I was given 4 routes to learn, As time progressed your given more routes if the garages as them, For example at west ham, it has 11 or 12 routes in total, I had to learn 4 immediately, for example 115, 158, 262, 473, Then they would place you route learning as time progressed to learn the others, And being a spare driver which last for 2 years Each day could be a different route and different start times depending on the job... once you get passed your 2 years you are put on the rota and can choose to do only one or two routes if you wish..
+KD84Afc™. To be honest mate. I think an Enviro 400 would struggle to pull a skin off a rice pudding let alone climb a slope or a hill. The older buses seem to have more guts compared to the new heaps in my opinion :). These older Dennis Tridents are better off the mark and the driver has more control as where the CPU on the newer buses limits how the driver can drive which is not right in my opinion :(.
+BritishRail60062 I have driven ED 400s when they first came out and I assure you that they pull like elephants. They were very powerful and responsive. Then they started limiting them electronically and now they're rubbish.
+Life Reportage. The 2006-2008 ones with the Euro 3/4 engines to my understanding were not CPU governed as where the 2009 onwards versions are. Its a bad move on ADL's part because you don't get the needed power when joining motorways and they have removed the kickdown on the newer E400's in my area as a lot of the drivers hate them compared to the 2003 Dennis Tridents. Personally I think the driver should always have full control, not some CPU device that restricts the drivers actions. The Scania Omnicity's are slightly better for hill climbing.
Going through a red light is defined as crossing the white like at the traffic light with the front axel after the light turned red. Not the case here.
This driver is speeding, me actually learning to drive this is not the video to watch he has a lot of bad habits, 2 zebra crossings and no attempt to slow down while people are crossing
This video was filmed in 2011, most of the companies in London had low expectations back then and the speed limit in London was 30mph instead of the normal 20.