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?
9. Silver Service
Bus driver Bob Briscoe, from Chapeltown, pictured at Pond Street after receiving his award from the Transport Executive | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: National World
11. Model tram
Retired bus/tram and trolley bus driver Stan Frith, of Hexthorpe, with a model of a tram | National World Photo: National World
12. Congratulations!
First Mainline bus driver Peter Fettis receives his certificate from the company's Doncaster director and general manager John Swann in 1999 | National World Photo: National World