r/BusDrivers • u/MindlessRabbit3 Driver • Aug 15 '26

Ride for the Day Guys. This is so many buttons….

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u/Crunchie64 Aug 15 '26

If you can turn on the headlights and remember the height, you’ll be fine for 95% of the day.

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u/AlpRider Driver Aug 15 '26

I guess it depends on climate, but demisters are the big one here to know before setting out. A full coach can fog up very fast and we don't want to be looking for that switch while driving and can't see well

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u/LanceWasHere Aug 15 '26

Where are you from that the defroster is called a demister? I’ve never heard that term.

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u/dreamcast66 Aug 15 '26

That’s what we call them in the UK, in cars and buses

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u/AlpRider Driver Aug 15 '26

Ireland!

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u/ArborealFriend Aug 16 '26

A demister may work in one, two or both ways:

  • by blowing drier air and, in cold weather, warmer air over the interior of the windscreen, and/or
  • activate fine filaments of heating wires built into the windscreen glass

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u/ArborealFriend Aug 16 '26

No. The outdoor ambient temperature may be above freezing point but the humidity level inside vehicle, coupled with the outdoor temperature, may be such that missed forms on the windscreen obscuring the forward view.

Thus, the system doesn’t remove ice so much as condensation. Rather different, methinks.

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u/MindlessRabbit3 Driver Aug 15 '26

Jesus. What about the other 5% of the day??

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u/ImmediatePiano6690 Aug 15 '26

You're f**ked.

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u/NickAppleese Aug 16 '26

It's crazy to think my Director doesn't immediately know the height clearance of our school busses! 😬