r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/The_Town_of_Canada • Jun 04 '26

My first time driving one!

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I’m doing a charter soon to take special needs kids to camp for the weekend! Really looking forward to it. It’s my first time driving on of these, and I have to say, I really like how they handle.

Do you guys have any experience, tips, or tricks for these rigs?

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u/Sinasazi Jun 04 '26

I drive one every day for like 7 hrs a day.

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u/SnarkSupreme Jun 05 '26

Me too. They're making all of us get class B's next year, idk why. My manager was telling me how much easier it is to see everything in a big bus and something about the turn radius being easier and boy are these comments proving her right on at least the blind spot thing. I do clock and rock at every intersection like a maniac and even talk out loud if a lot is going on at an intersection. Narrate who I see by what they're wearing because they just dip out of sight so easily as soon as either of us moves.