They are the unsung heroes of South Yorkshire's roads, who contend with traffic, challenging passengers and more to transport us from A to B.
These photos show some much-loved bus drivers from Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham during the 1990s and noughties.
Among them is a hero bus driver who rescued two people from a car before it exploded, a singing driver who entertained passengers with his dulcet tones and another who handed out home-grown produce from his garden to elderly customers.
Also pictured is one lucky driver who got to keep £1,100 found in a wallet on his bus after the money went unclaimed.
The yellow bus to Bradfield School in Sheffield, the Bendibus to Meadowhall and a fundraising legend from Crookes feature too in our retro photo gallery.
Do you remember any of the drivers pictured, or the buses they drove back then?
1. Meadowhall shuttle bus
Bendibus driver Karen Shelton at the Mainline garage on Greenland Road Photo: National World
2. Bradfield School bus
Mainline's new yellow school bus at Uppergate Road, Stannington, with bus driver Derek Izzard ready to take students to Bradfield School Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
3. To the rescue
Hero bus driver Pete Richards, who helped two motorists from their crashed car minutes before it exploded Photo: National World
4. Home grown
Award-winning bus driver Michael Moore on the Mexborough to Doncaster service with some of the produce from his garden for elderly passengers Photo: National World