Bus Driver Zen
I was on a coach back from London to Oxford. On the bus was me, the driver (luckily), and a young couple swapping fillings at the back. So I stayed at the front, leaning on the window and chatting to the driver as he drove. Then we hit traffic, slowed down and parked up.

"Bet that really pisses you off", I said.

"Nope," he said. "I like to think of it as a really little holiday. If my boss was to beam down next to you and tell me to work harder, I'd tell him that unless he can teach me to make this fucker fly, there's nothing I can do!"

I think of this every time I end up in a traffic jam.

A few minutes later, he showed me how to burn off a BMW. In a coach. He managed it, too! I was very impressed with that one.

So there you go, a bus driver who managed to go from philosophy to driving like the Stig. Respect, bus driving dude!
(purplegod counting down for Christmas!, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:16, 2 replies)

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What's the trick?
( Ghoti Fingers, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 8:48, closed)

Since you ask...
It goes something like this. Pull up about half a bus length short of the line. OK, you have to know when the light's going to change. At exactly, the right moment, blip the throttle, punch the D button, and floor it. If you've done it right, the bus'll be doing a fair old speed, crossing the line exactly as the light goes green. This'll take the guy in the BMW totally by surprise, and he won't get himself in order before the bus blows his doors off.

I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it. Like I said, respect to that bus driving dude!
(purplegod counting down for Christmas!, Sat 27 Jun 2009, 22:02, closed)