Brighton Local Posted November 10, 2007 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2007 Ya know, I always wondered, Are there "School Bus Fans" out there? Transit is one thing to be a buff / historian / enthusiast, etc, but I always wondered, are their people who photograph and debate of which school buses supply service to which school?.....:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted November 10, 2007 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2007 Ugh. I loathe the school buses. Well, at least the old ones. The smell of gasoline hung everywhere, and I got nauseous (sp?) 45 minutes into the trip. Of course, this was when I was only a child, I haven't been on one in so long. However, I do like the Academy buses better. Is there such thing as a Hybrid School bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted November 10, 2007 Share #3 Posted November 10, 2007 Ugh, I never really like cheese beeses...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted November 10, 2007 Share #4 Posted November 10, 2007 I always hated the old school buses because of the extreme exhaust that they let out. It's especially bad in Boro Park. But, I did see these new school buses that have been appearing lately. They do look more environmentally friendly and cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycbusfan Posted November 10, 2007 Share #5 Posted November 10, 2007 I'm not really a school bus fan, I always hated how they don't have heat or air conditioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewJerseyT Posted November 10, 2007 Share #6 Posted November 10, 2007 I am a fan i guess you can call me that. But only if the buses are good enough,for example my old bus never could go faster than 15 MPH wtf!and the terrible exahust leak it had.......the new bus I got was a Freightliner Safe-T-Liner version.It wans't the "cab over" version ig uess you would call it,it was the conventional one.We called these the pimp bus as they were shiny,tinted windows all around,quiet as hell,went faster than 15mph! Now for the good part. Digitial gauges:eek: sirius satillite(sp?) radio:eek: Air conditioner!:eek: My old crappy bus was some amtran Genesis piece of crap cab ove rthat was 15+ years old. 1 year younger than me!Well now its scrapped:p But since I moved I notice that all my new school uses is the crappy old kind of bus that I just got rid of! Figures:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted November 11, 2007 Share #7 Posted November 11, 2007 I drove them when I started my bus driving jobs (it ain't gonna be a career). I drove the flat nose model though. Long as hell, and slow as hell. It was Greenwich Bus (now Greenwich Schools), and was part of White Plains Bus Company. I had to put that thing on I-95 from exit 5 to 3. 50mph is all I could get, which is bad on a highway. Accident waiting to happen. The senior guys got the buses with the A/C (roof mounted). I like the looks of the new cheese buses. I still wouldn't drive one again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil D. Posted November 11, 2007 Share #8 Posted November 11, 2007 Whoever likes those school busses is really smoking some serious shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTransitFan Posted November 11, 2007 Share #9 Posted November 11, 2007 Whoever likes those school busses is really smoking some serious shit. they're smoking SCHOOL BUS EXHAUST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted November 11, 2007 Share #10 Posted November 11, 2007 don't even get me started on those rolling trash cans..... no A/C, broken windows, sticky disgusting seats, bumpy, loud, noisy, you name it, they have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted November 12, 2007 don't even get me started on those rolling trash cans..... no A/C, broken windows, sticky disgusting seats, bumpy, loud, noisy, you name it, they have it! Error, I think this is one of your CLASSIC responses to something you hate ( for a reason) and it cracked me up!! LMAO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissBusGirl Posted November 12, 2007 Share #12 Posted November 12, 2007 Be easy on my school buses guys. They're for the kids. They're great but I can't wait to work for transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil D. Posted November 12, 2007 Share #13 Posted November 12, 2007 Be easy on my school buses guys. They're for the kids. They're great but I can't wait to work for transit.Be a Train Operator. You won't regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted November 12, 2007 Share #14 Posted November 12, 2007 Be a Train Operator. You won't regret it. Better yet, go to the railroad...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted November 12, 2007 Share #15 Posted November 12, 2007 Be easy on my school buses guys. They're for the kids. They're great but I can't wait to work for transit. well true. we can't indulge the little kindergarten kids too much or else they'll start acting like little idiots that expect everything. but for the bigger kids i think we deserve good school buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted November 13, 2007 Share #16 Posted November 13, 2007 well true. we can't indulge the little kindergarten kids too much or else they'll start acting like little idiots that expect everything. but for the bigger kids i think we deserve good school buses. Why when you all are more destructive than the kindergarten kids? They should get the nice new cheese buses, with A/C and heat, and you all should suffer on old rolling trash cans. I get H.S and J.H.S kids on my buses, and they are hands down the worst. Error, I'm not talking about you personally, but just generalizing you age group of bus riders. I've drove school buses myself, and in one day I had Pre-schoolers, middle schoolers, and high schoolers. The middle schoolers were the worst in Geenwich, Conn. Here it's the youngest high schoolers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewJerseyT Posted November 13, 2007 Share #17 Posted November 13, 2007 Why when you all are more destructive than the kindergarten kids? They should get the nice new cheese buses, with A/C and heat, and you all should suffer on old rolling trash cans. I get H.S and J.H.S kids on my buses, and they are hands down the worst. Error, I'm not talking about you personally, but just generalizing you age group of bus riders. I've drove school buses myself, and in one day I had Pre-schoolers, middle schoolers, and high schoolers. The middle schoolers were the worst in Geenwich, Conn. Here it's the youngest high schoolers. I agree 100% I say in the grades 7-10 is when the kids are the worst(I am in 10th lol) As the get older the kinda mellow out and care more about themselves. And seeing as I'm not the most popular kid in school by far since I'm not destructive and care about other people's property(most of the time unless I get pissed enough to do something) I say that the nice calm kids should get there own nice buses then have a separate crappy bus that putts around that picks up the rude and obnoxious kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHayward Posted November 13, 2007 Share #18 Posted November 13, 2007 Why when you all are more destructive than the kindergarten kids? They should get the nice new cheese buses, with A/C and heat, and you all should suffer on old rolling trash cans. I get H.S and J.H.S kids on my buses, and they are hands down the worst. Error, I'm not talking about you personally, but just generalizing you age group of bus riders. I've drove school buses myself, and in one day I had Pre-schoolers, middle schoolers, and high schoolers. The middle schoolers were the worst in Geenwich, Conn. Here it's the youngest high schoolers. Come up here and drive the HS trips for the MBTA.. We're probably the least problematic. Except for a little.. erm, problem we had the other day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberider Posted November 13, 2007 Share #19 Posted November 13, 2007 If it's about the buses, the Crowns are the only school buses that do anything for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted November 14, 2007 Share #20 Posted November 14, 2007 well what about the good kids? New Jersey T has a good idea, the good kids (like me lol) should get the nice buses and the bad ones , well screw them now if only my school was smart enough to do that the next time they take us on a cheese bus ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted November 14, 2007 Share #21 Posted November 14, 2007 well what about the good kids? Just like the prisons here in the U.S., sometimes the innocent have to suffer for the sake of the guilty. The good sometimes have to suffer with the bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman346 Posted November 14, 2007 Share #22 Posted November 14, 2007 Are they ever going to make hybrid school buses for the kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewJerseyT Posted November 14, 2007 Share #23 Posted November 14, 2007 Are they ever going to make hybrid school buses for the kids? I would say no,but the are makin them "more efficent" As if you make a engine a hybrid you loose all sorts of power,and a school bus think about,in comparison I blew by this little crappy hybrid on I-95 the other day,it was doin like 45 and we were doin the speed limit of 65! And when we got to a hill it slowed down even more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted November 14, 2007 Share #24 Posted November 14, 2007 I would say no,but the are makin them "more efficent" As if you make a engine a hybrid you loose all sorts of power,and a school bus think about,in comparison I blew by this little crappy hybrid on I-95 the other day,it was doin like 45 and we were doin the speed limit of 65! And when we got to a hill it slowed down even more! The Hybrid transit buses here can TAKE OFF, and can't be governed down. They run at 55mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted November 14, 2007 Share #25 Posted November 14, 2007 not the MTA Hybrids, those things are the fastest buses you have ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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