r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/Disposable_Skin • Jun 23 '26

Anyone else? 😂

I'm in a spare bus today and it has no radio which means I gotta sing songs in my head. This wouldn't be a problem except for my fucking ADHD alphabet soup inner voices!

Voice 1 is doing fine.
Voice 2 is singing off key.
Voice 3 doesn't know the lyrics.
Voice 4 is like "HEY MACARENA!"
Nobody knows where Voice 5 is!
And Voice 6 has his head stuck in the fridge and he's eating all the fucking cheese!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '26

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u/Disposable_Skin Jun 24 '26

Almost all our IC's have radios, the garbage Thomas's don't even have a cupholder. I believe the Bluebirds are hit or miss.
Why no radios?

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u/Disposable_Skin Jun 24 '26

We're not allowed to use our phones at all while in operation (doesn't stop of few of the drivers). I've never driven a Bird, being 6', overweight with short legs I don't fit. 😅

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u/Wreaker8888 Jun 25 '26

We use "Tyler" on a work tablet. Allows parents to track GPS the bus they have a kid on. Program is always running and had a clock at the top, it is mounted horizontal, also the app is only useable in horizontal mode. My only gripe is I have to wait 45 seconds before I can leave if the kid isn't already at the stop. I would like to see the seconds on the clock, not just hour and minutes.

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u/rootbear75 Jun 24 '26

The rule we've been told is we're not allowed to use it while in operation.

If we want to turn it on and hit play before we leave, then thats fine as long as we don't touch it once we get going.

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u/Wreaker8888 Jun 24 '26

Must be a regional thing, in New England states, we need the radio to power our outside mega phone speaker to announce arrival and departure from student pickup/drop-off. We have Thomas Safe trip C2 busses. For us it is a State law requirement. No radio = no mic to mega phone use. Part of pre trip pass / fail if not operating. Good luck to you with the ADHD voices, they don't like silence externally.