I have 8 more days with the Senior Drivers and then I’ll be on my own. I’m getting the itch to get out and drive some of the routes my self. Don’t get me wrong, I like driving with someone that has been driving for a lot longer than me. If it wasn’t for the Senior Drivers that I have been driving with, I would have made more mistakes than I have. For example, today, I turned on the wrong street, and I had to go around the block to get back on route. When you get off route you need to call in to dispatch and let them know.
There is something about driving a bus that is very exciting. When I started learning how to drive a bus, I had a lot of doubts that I could do it. I was afraid that I was going to make mistakes. Well I have, and I’m learning from them. It takes a lot of skill to know the roads, the bumps, turns, corners and how to maneuver the bus to make a safe and smooth ride. The training that I have received the 5 weeks before being released to the seniors was very intense, and made me feel that I have what it takes to get people to their jobs, shopping or in some cases, stay cool from the heat of a 100 degrees.
I’m never really sure if anyone really reads what I have to say and write. If you are reading my blogs, leave me a note that you have.
I read them. I just don’t comment often.