The Mark of the Professional - Transit Bus Training Video

The Mark of the Professional - Transit Bus Training Video - 1980

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6 жыл бұрын

This is one of a series of videos produced by Edmonton Transit, Safety Division and Training Division in 1980 for training new bus drivers. We bought them and used them extensively in training drivers at CyRide in Ames, IA. It is nice to see the simplicity of the GM New Looks compared to modern buses. No heated mirrors and you had to manually adjust them!
However, the principles of safe bus driving shown in this video still apply. "Highest Degree of Care" starts with the pre-pullout procedures shown here.
This video was professionally transferred from film to VHS and I have made a digital copy. Some of the quality of the original has been lost. I have also posted some of the other videos produced by Edmonton Transit. If you have others, please post them or contact me at bob@bournetransit.com.

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@normangensler7380 3 жыл бұрын

Those GMC coaches were the best transit buses ever built. What a travesty that they stopped making them, at the same time that GM stopped making motor homes. With the larger wheels, padded seats, power steering and great visibility, it was a pleasure to drive them every day. Then we had the advent of crap Canadian Flyer buses, with their low floor height, choppy ride and hard as nails seats that were always too tall, and a smooth ride became a thing of the past. Eventually, in the recent years, Edmonton has seen fit to provide air conditioning for the drivers, something that was done decades too late. Other municipalities had been on the ball and provided modern conveniences much earlier.

@hergianfrea6797 2 жыл бұрын

Proper attitude, makes all the differences. Noted❤

@exoressdelivers70 4 жыл бұрын

I drove a city bus for 15 years from 1975 to 1990. I drove that same style bus.

@42luke93 4 ай бұрын

did you ever drive the newer RTS models?

@exoressdelivers70 4 ай бұрын

@42luke93 yes. I drove the RTS models.

@42luke93 4 ай бұрын

@@exoressdelivers70 I heard RTS was cheaper feeling to some drivers that commented. Not sure if this was true for all drivers.

@exoressdelivers70 4 ай бұрын

@42luke93 for me, the RTS was the first power steering bus I drove. So it surely didn't feel like one of the older GMCs, but it didn't feel that cheap.

@OldBiker54 6 ай бұрын

Make sure the Fuel Cap is On

@coreymiller5446 3 жыл бұрын

I love it!❤️

@MrBrycedavis 5 жыл бұрын

This is so old damn

@Brrnout 3 жыл бұрын

Also, "Do an outside inspection of the vehicle" guy promptly fast walks the whole bus in 10 seconds. "LOOKS SAFE"

@levyan4718 2 жыл бұрын

The buses in the facility are serviced by mechanics and are completely safe and following inspection guidelines of the NSC... So drivers only have to do a quick look

@poorlittlebiker6476 5 ай бұрын

@@levyan4718don’t believe that, I picked up a bus after the previous driver supposedly did their post trip, and then it went into the service lane where a technician was suppose to do an inspection too, and then it comes to me. Somehow, they missed both steer tires with wire exposed, which wouldn’t be caught had I not done a proper inspection.

@paddydaddyo 3 жыл бұрын

01:44 DJ: “... and now this, from Destruction!” ...

@Tcaauwe2002 Жыл бұрын

random question? does anyone know what style farebox was in the bus in this video. My local transit company used them right up until a few years ago and then went with a smaller older looking farebox.

@L-Taraval 6 ай бұрын

That looks like a "Duncan drop box." We used the same type of farebox at Golden Gate Transit when I drove there.