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?
5. Hero
Hero bus driver Paul Taylor with mum Kathryn Howson 19 and baby Gabrielle Tinkler, aged 4 months | National World Photo: National World
6. Model buses
Mainline bus driver and chairman of shareholders Steve Tinsley with the new Mainline model bus. | National World Photo: National World
7. Singing bus driver
Singing Barnsley bus driver Stuart Hutchinson pictured after winning the South Yorkshire Transport Executive's February Silver Service Award | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: National World
8. Quids in
Bus driver James Berry who found £1,100 in a wallet on his bus and was allowed to keep the money after it wasn't claimed in 2004 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Sheffield Newspapers