School Bus

I am always fascinated by traveling on my school bus. My school buses are in yellow and orange colors. These buses run on many different routes. Each route has a color’s name. These color codes denote the routes. Each route is named after a color. My route is Red route. Each route has multiple stops, and the bus would stop in each stop to pick up students and reach the school. 

Either my dad or mom would bring me to the bus stop. All of us students would wait and stand in a queue. The school bus would be punctual and come at the right time. Once the bus comes, we would all board silently one by one and sit, if my seat is near the window, I wave at my parents. In summer times, grandparents are seen at the bus stops. When I grew older, I started going to the bus stop on my own, without my parents accompanying me. I adore sitting next to my friend, so I would always sit next to him if the seat next to him was free. 

Looking at the safety features, there are many aspects taken care of the safety in the bus. After all students are seated, the door of the bus would close. When the bus stops, red lights would blink in the front and rear of the bus. When the bus starts lights will go off, and traffic will get regularized. Our driver is cautious, he doesn’t drive very fast, and while coming to a stop, he would reduce the speed and stop the bus.

In the rainy season, umbrellas are not allowed to be carried inside the bus. I would fold the umbrella and give it to my parents or grandparents. In winter, when it snows, few routes are only operated. I love to travel while it snows.

I always go a little earlier to the bus stops, sometimes either because of getting up late from bed or for some reason, I would late and run to catch the bus.  If the driver sees me from his rearview mirror, he will certainly wait for me to board. I don’t prefer to run and catch the bus for two reasons, one, obviously, running with the heavy backpack which makes me breathless. Secondly, I feel bad that I am delaying others too. Hence, I avoid delays.

on the ThanksgivingDay, all of us students, we give greeting cards and small gifts to the school bus driver. Every day he takes care of us. This is a good gesture to express our gratitude for his efforts. We wish him on all festival days. He speaks to us sometimes in public address system in the bus.

As the bus reaches the school, we would get down in an orderly fashion and go to our respective classrooms. Bus would leave for its next pick up. Once the school gets over, we would board the bus and go back to our respective stops.

I love traveling by the school bus. Likewise, I like to travel by public busses too. But I have not got many opportunities to travel by the public buses. I see there are many types of buses, City bus, tourism buses, Sleeper bus. I would love to travel by them when I get a chance in the future.