Re: FCPS school bus site models and history [not an FCPS site]
Posted by:
bus driver
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Date: July 16, 2008 08:30AM
I know the kid who created that website. He is a walking encyclopedia of school buses. He knows far more about them than I do after 20 years driving one. Even stuff like engine and transmission types and sizes, etc.
For 99.999999% of students, school buses are the height of UNCOOL. They are to be vandalized or destroyed whenever possible. But, every now and then you get a kid that is fascinated by them. They sit up front and watch everything you do...asking questions about the bus or the chatter on the radio. One kid I knew even bought a scanner so he could listen to the bus radio whenever he wanted to.
I've EVEN had a kid who wanted to help me clean my bus on Saturdays. How crazy is that!
They look like normal kids, but there's obviously something "wrong" with them. They keep their passion for school buses a secret to avoid unmerciful razzing by the other kids.
The kid that wanted to help clean has graduated and is now counting the days until she has had her drivers license long enough (3 years, I think) to apply to become a FCPS driver.