It is nice knowing eveyone

[farmers_wife]

If I die today it is nice knowing everyone. In 30 min I am leaving to go to a skid pad.
That is where I am taking a bus (because I drive school bus) to a skid pad and go 55mph on ice and then put on the breaks. I have been told the bus might go sideways. :( I AM DEAD......... I am already having a panic attack. I need to borrow a depend because I might pee my pants. All the drivers are just waiting for my turn.
So if I do not come back alive.... I will miss you all.
Ok I know I will be ok but it is scary. well gotta get ready and go. Hope to see you all later.

[WashingtonBay]

:worthless:

Or better yet, VIDEO!

[vicklynn]

Oh my, we are going to need an update.

[Mandy]

WB! Calm down, you'll be just fine

[Mandy]

I meant to say,you'll be fine because we believe in you

[WashingtonBay]

~chuckling~

Oh come on.... trying to spin out a school bus on ice would be a blast. :)

[Equine_Woman]

Oh man!! I'm nervous for you!!! Be sure to post when you make it back in one piece!

[farmers_wife]

I will bring my camera and see if anyone can take pictures.

[JackieB]

You'll do just fine. Big, deep breaths. We'll be looking forward to hearing from you.

[oursarge]

Good luck, I'd be nervous too but if you drive a school bus you must sort of have nerves of steel, it seems like you would dealing with all the kids and parents and weather conditions! Hope it all turns out and you come back all safe with some good pictures!

[lovesfortune]

I'm sure you'll be fine. Would love to see pictures though. Is this a training that all drivers have to do in the winter? I've never heard of it before?

[TLC97]

You will be fine and do a great job. I do have a favor to ask though----- I have a few students who I think would behave better if they had the shiznit scared out of them, can they be passengers??? PLEASE!!!!!:rolleyes:

[KittySawrus]

0_0 wowwwww
That's like, Top Gear quality TV!!
Films, films!

And good luck - you'll be fine. If it wasn't safe they wouldn't let you do it (this is my best bit of reasonable speech ever)!

[shelsnsaus]

I can understand the scared feeling. I don't drive on ice...I just don't. Funny how if you wanted to make that bus spin in circles you'd probably really have to work at it. However, since you don't, at least for me, I'd probably be dizzier than Paris Hilton from all the spins that I'd accomplish. In the end, I'm sure things will be fine, and my comment probably wasn't as uplifting as I intended it to be; its just been that sort of day for me.:(

[Tatesgram]

~chuckling~

Oh come on.... trying to spin out a school bus on ice would be a blast. :)

I'm with WB, this sounds like a hoot :D

[Gypsy Rose]

~chuckling~

Oh come on.... trying to spin out a school bus on ice would be a blast. :)

Yep! Totally agree! Got to be much better than doing it with a big ol' station wagon! That's how I learned to handle ice, lol! Darn thing swung like a pendelum- notorious for doing 180's or 360's on its own just for grins, I swear!

Darn- should be an update by now...

[cloedoll]

Oh boyy, good luck mah frann!

[shynbvs]

:worthless:

Or better yet, VIDEO!

well put! lol

[farmers_wife]

I AM ALIVE....... I made it thru the course. First I took the bus and just went thru a course. Backing and trying not to hit cones. Easy.. Then the next course - there is 3 red lights up a head and you go 30mph and right when you get up there one of the lights (left or right) will turn green and at the last minute you have to turn the bus that way and then serpintine (sp?) 3 cones. I did that and it was fun. Next course was there were 5 cones in a row and you have to weave thru the cones. Stating out at 20mph and ending at 28mph. I think I was on 2 wheels:). That was a little scary. But I did it. The last one was water. Not cold enough for ice so water. But we had to go 40mph and when we came up on the cones we had to press hard on the breaks. Bus did go a little side ways. We had to do 3 different ways to stop. So I did real good. I am alive.
Thanks for wishing me well.
I have some pictures but I have to load them yet.

[vicklynn]

Very cool. Sounds scarey. I hope you werent taking pics while you drove....LMBO

[farmers_wife]

No I was not but that would of been cool. We had 2 people to a bus.

[Ranger44]

FW, did you have to go to Dakota tech school for that? That is where I took my instructors course for emergency vehicle driving. It's a blast when you learn what your vehicle can actually do. I took the original course at St. Cloud. I bet it is a lot more tricky in a bus than my pickup/squad.

[shewasmyshadow]

How did I miss this thread?? I'm sorry!! So, will they make you go back and try when it's colder? I would have loved to come and watch. :D What would they do if you got in REAL trouble? :(

So did you need the depends? J/K :p

[FoxFireEMT]

O my lord geez..... Hope it worked out well. I'm just now reading this!

[PoniesRock101]

glad ya survived! sounds scary!

[Gypsy Rose]

Sounds more like fun to me, he, he!

[Ryderd65]

I think that anyone that drives a schoolbus has earned a combat medal.

Bless your patient soul.

[Cat]

Sounds like fun! I look forward to photos.

[painthorse72]

glad it went ok ...