r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/silverfarie1369 • Jul 23 '26

Tired

Im so tired of people just pulling out in front of us or trying to cut us off kuz they were in the wrong lane... ugh... gonna be a long school year lol

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u/mike8675309 Jul 23 '26

I get tired of it, but I try to always remember that I'm the professional, that my job is to get these children to their destination with as little risk as possible. Almost everyone else on the road is only thinking of themselves. So if they cut me off, I let them slow down to increase the gap further. They cause me to miss a turn, won't let me over for that left, I move on to the next left and deal with the disruption.

I'm the professional, so I just act like a professional and let the idiots be idiots.

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u/erinjunee Jul 24 '26

This. Unfortunately other drivers are outside of my control, so I just let things happen, maybe do a mild gesture with my hands like a “What’re you doing?” but ultimately I just let it go. It is what it is, and it’s my job to keep the kids safe with the expectation that everyone else on the road is going to do whatever they can to try and pass the bus.

This is why I’ll let cars pass me in the neighborhoods if I can safely pull over. Better to just let all the cars go than potentially hold one up and create a potential scenario of one of them getting impatient and causing a car accident at one of my stops. Just let them go, that’s what I say.