“We’ll be leaving in a moment. Especially if you can tell me the route.â€
I thought the bus driver was joking, an attempt to break the ice with his sole passenger early on Sunday morning. But no. He hesitated at a crossroads.
“Turn left,†I yelled.
More people were getting on, and when he attempted to go straight through the lights there was a general outcry. And the car behind wouldn’t reverse. A woman took up the challenge of keeping the driver on the straight and narrow. Where else would a bus driver rely on passengers to know the route.
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Bizarrely, this is getting more common in the UK too. Especially with our trains being such a shambles, so they often lay on a replacement bus service with a helpless and clueless driver. On one occasion a driver trying to find his way to the bus station in the centre of Derby had to get directions from a passenger, who proceeded to direct him to his own house, and then got off.
Nice story!