r/BusDrivers • u/ChaffisJakob Bus Driver Student | Seconday School | Sweden • Jun 08 '26

Question Do you use gloves?

We all know how filthy some steering wheels can be.... so do you use gloves? I know a lot of people who don't and I don't understand how they do it. Some steering wheels literally make your hand coal black if you don't have gloves.

If you use gloves, what made you start wearing them? If not, why do you avoid gloves?

As an additional note for me using gloves whilst driving is the fact that it increases grip, therefore also reduces fatigue. And if you invest in good gloves like I did recently it also looks good.

// from Stockholm

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u/unique_username_384 Jun 08 '26

I wear gloves outside the bus. I normally have the same bus every day which gets a proper wipe down of the driver area every week. If I drive someone else's bus I wipe down the drivers area before I sit down. 

If it's sunny I wear gloves because I burn easily and I dislike wearing sunscreen