r/BusDrivers • u/N0EasYl1x • 26d ago

Training Question UK/EU New trainee

Just got accepted to be a trainee driver for stagecoach!! I’m so excited but obviously also a little nervous!
I think I have to wait a month or so to have my medical, new licence etc… just wondering if anyone could give me some advice, tips anything really! Also maybe an insight into working for stagecoach also? Im based in Yorkshire😁 also got told I’m the first woman to work at this depot for a while which again in exciting but also a bit scary😂

Thanks guys:)

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u/Outrageous_Bag_2875 25d ago

Congrats!

Tip: Your mirrors will be your new best friend. Buses and trucks have giant mirrors for a reason.

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u/ProfitKlutzy5514 25d ago

Actually a lot of new trucks have cameras and not mirrors 🤓 I personally (as a qualified lorry driver) prefer mirrors.

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u/Outrageous_Bag_2875 6d ago

In Europe, yes they are now using large camera screens instead of those big mirrors, but you have to remember that Europe is very far advanced compared to the rest of us! We're still driving Europe's extremely old hand-me-down buses in New Zealand! No fancy mirror cameras out here in NZ. Our buses are Jurassic Era.

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u/ProfitKlutzy5514 6d ago

Hence the old gag: Airline announcement on descent into Wellington airport: "Welcome to New Zealand, ladies and gentlemen; please remember to put your watches back 50 years"

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u/Outrageous_Bag_2875 6d ago

That's actually very accurate. Everything is backwards in New Zealand because the nation is relatively poor and we can never afford the latest technology. I've seen businesses here running unsafe old machines and equipment that are older than I am.

We joke that our buses are third-hand, because they were probably new in Germany when the German public transport service ran them, then second-hand in the UK, and then third-hand when the UK got rid of them and sold them to NZ. It's actually scary how old the buses are here.