A bus driver

In computing, a bus driver can also refer to software that controls a computer bus.

For the hip-hop MC, see Busdriver.

A bus driver or omnibus driver is a person who drives buses as their profession. Bus drivers typically drive their vehicles between bus stations or stops. They often drop off and pick up passengers on a predetermined route schedule. In British English a different term, coach drivers, is used for drivers on long-distance routes. There are various types of bus drivers, including those who work for both public (state and federal governments) and private enterprise, such a charter companies. Image File history File links Schuminweb_2005-03. ... Image File history File links Schuminweb_2005-03. ... In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers and typically is controlled by device driver software. ... Hip-Hop music is a style of popular music. ... Popular West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy. ... Busdriver (born Regan Farquhar) is an hip-hop MC from Los Angeles. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other meanings, see Bus stop (disambiguation). ... Diagram showing the geographical locations of selected languages and dialects of the British Isles. ... // Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ... A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern the people in one or more societies, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ... The Federal Republic of Germany and its sixteen Bundesländer (federal states) A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. ...

One of the most common jobs in the United States for a bus driver is to work for a public school, driving students to and from the school building. As of 2004, 71% of bus drivers in the US were employed by schools. In other countries school transport is often provided by the same companies that run other bus services in the area so school bus driver is not a separate position. The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ...

In the United States, bus drivers are also common in pop culture, typically portrayed as either unintelligent or surly due to the perception of the profession as low paying, blue collar work. A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage. ...

In the United States, finding a position as a bus driver usually requires that the individual possess a commercial driver's license (CDL) and specialized training for the vehicle. Various other educational and vocational training may be required, however this varies from place to place. Bus drivers also need to possess social skills for interacting with their passengers, which is a daily occurrence. A commercial drivers license (sometimes shortened to CDL) is required in the U.S. to operate many types of heavy-duty vehicles including (but not limited to) tow trucks, tractor trailers and busses. ...

In the United Kingdom drivers must have passed the Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) practical driving and theory test. People with more than three penalty points on their normal drivers license are not allowed to become bus drivers. Current EU driving licence, German version - front 1. ...

Traditionally, before the introduction of one-man buses on many city routes, the bus driver had no contact with his passengers, the tickets being sold by a bus conductor. Now many buses are fitted with closed-circuit television in an attempt to protect drivers from an increasing number of attacks which has resulted in a recruitment crisis in some British cities. [1] The guard, conductor, captain, or foreman (depending upon country of origin, or railway system) is the senior railway official responsible for the safe operation of a train, whether it is a passenger or freight train. ... Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, in the Columbine High School Massacre. ...

One famous incident involving a bus driver during the period of racial segregation in the United States was in 1955 when Montgomery, Alabama bus driver James F. Blake insisted that Rosa Parks give up her seat for a white male, and she refused; this began a bus boycott the ultimately ended segregation on public transportation in that country. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Rex Theatre for Colored People, Leland, Mississippi, June 1937 Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different races in daily life when both are doing equal tasks, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Montgomery Incorporated December 3, 1819 Mayor Bobby Bright Area    - City 404. ... First page of Parks arrest report. ... Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American seamstress and civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement. Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake... Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ...

See also

• Bus conductor
• Ticket inspector
• Railroad engineer
• Electronics/Computers

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External links

• Bus drivers at the United States Department of Labor's website.
• Bus drivers in limousines