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?
17. At the wheel
Martin Mailnowski, a Sheffield bus driver with the First Group | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: National World
18. In the cab
Derek Russell, from Crookes, Sheffield, who set himself the target of raising £10,000 for the Children's Appeal charity before he retired in 2006 | Charlotte Taylor Photo: Charlotte Taylor
19. Marathon man
First bus driver Barrie Sheedy, pictured at the wheel after coming last in Sheffield's half marathon for five years running | Charlotte Hudson-Stott/First Photo: Charlotte Hudson-Stott/First
20. Winner
First Mainline bus driver Paul Firth pictured after winning the South Yorkshire Transport Executive Silver Service Award | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: National World