Arriva driver is ' the Stig of bus drivers '

[SPEEDBIRD 202]

Had a good laugh at this apparently the guy driving this bus in the Snow and in Teesside took his bus where the four wheel drivers - didn't or couldn't go ' the Stig of bus drivers '

Wasn't Drift once a bus driver

[Drift]

yer I was a bus driver for 17 years and did my last 7 years in head office desk job and the North East was one of our areas a while ago

I remember about 10 or 15 years ago I couldnt get a bus up a very icy snowy hill, it just kept sliding down, it was pretty safe and nothing to hit but reversing out was not an option due to the road layout.
I got all the passengers to sit over the rear wheels and rev'd the nuts off the bus, the engine heat (remember engine is at the rear) melted enough snow in a few places and I could back up a bit and take a run with all the extra weight still over the rear axles and I gained traction and got up, got a cheer to from passengers and street residents

That guy in the story there just cruised up no bother

[Kevin1964]

Very bit of driving

[SPEEDBIRD 202]

I've always thought that Bus Drivers really do earn their money, and this guy proves it It's definitely not an easy job on the clogged up roads where I live

I like the way you melted the snow Drift

lol

[glynn969]

been to Saltburn many times ...that hill is a swine , and the bloke is indeed a hero

[James Bass]

I was a bus driver for a few years, only not coz of a lack of jobs. I have to be honest it's really quite scary when you notice the rear end trying to outrun the front. Never had a route that involved a hill like that. I was always amazed at how well buses do actually handle...especially when ur the LAST bus out, and rushing to get home....tyre squeal around roundabouts and the look on the faces of other drivers when you overtake them on said roundabouts. Ahhh, the memories. Priceless.

[tws7501968]

and this is how the blue car got where it was at the end of that video



For a different view of the same hill going up




edit: ok that doesn't seem to work.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svihnPf5 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfd1pwvq ... er&list=UL

[king of the kitchen]

blue car,,,,,,,tot,,,,,,,,
slush+wet+road tyres+hill = disaster,,,,,,,,,,,,,,