What keeps someone driving a school bus for 53 years?
Today (February 18) is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day in Minnesota, and School Bus Fleet editor Amanda Huggett sits down in Princeton, Minnesota, with Connie Duff, a school bus driver who began her career in 1972 and hasn’t looked back since.
From stick-shift buses and no training to today’s rigorous safety standards, Duff shares how the job has changed — and what hasn’t.
Watch to hear:
- How training has evolved over five decades
- The biggest changes in traffic and safety
- Lessons learned from emergency situations
- Advice for new drivers
- Why appreciation matters
- And why the industry still needs more drivers
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