Geordie driver
Member
I was reading the thread about running boards and a long shift, got me thinking, what's the longest you have ever spent on a bus, either as a driver or passenger?
We had a few shifts where you got in the cab and got out 5 hours 30 minutes later, bang on the maximum and you were stuck in are driving position when you had to get off, one of the reasons I left.
I once went to Spain on a coach, 36 hours with a break for the ferry and one 30 minute stop half way down France. Never again.
Another driving one, we were sent down to London to pick up some second hand Decker's, not sure of the type we called them MCWs? Ten drivers and a couple of fitters from Newcastle to some service station north of London, forget which one.
Jumped in and off we went, not a bad bus but 3 speed box and a top speed of just over 30mph, took me about 9 hours to get to Newcastle, never stopped once. It was middle of winter and freezing too, fortunately I had wrapped up well and had my radio and flask with me, some drivers were not so lucky.
We had a few shifts where you got in the cab and got out 5 hours 30 minutes later, bang on the maximum and you were stuck in are driving position when you had to get off, one of the reasons I left.
I once went to Spain on a coach, 36 hours with a break for the ferry and one 30 minute stop half way down France. Never again.
Another driving one, we were sent down to London to pick up some second hand Decker's, not sure of the type we called them MCWs? Ten drivers and a couple of fitters from Newcastle to some service station north of London, forget which one.
Jumped in and off we went, not a bad bus but 3 speed box and a top speed of just over 30mph, took me about 9 hours to get to Newcastle, never stopped once. It was middle of winter and freezing too, fortunately I had wrapped up well and had my radio and flask with me, some drivers were not so lucky.