Everyone forgets that this bus driver also needs the skills to both drive in the uk and the rest of europe. Its not that easy to rethink your whole memory of how to follow street rules etc when the lanes are opposite
It’s pretty easy. Usually you just follow the flow of the traffic. Only problem can arise when you find a weird roundabout and there’s no other cars around to give you a hint. But then again, then there’re no other cars around either so you can take your time.
Speaking of driving in tight spaces one should see the driving skills of a town bus diver in India. Even without any advanced capabilities in vehicle driver does this with ease
I was a bus driver in Cincinnati. I love videos like this because I love the profession, and seeing the jobs of drivers around the world. Thanks for posting this video.
I am a commercial driver as well (CDL) here in the USA and I will say, I hope that driver gets paid for what his skills are worth cuz that was some dam impressive right there, seriously impressive my friend, no backing up to make that entrance onto the train... mad skills... and lots of respect! I truly hope he's paid what he's worth.
@@LordOfSweden the only reason why he's driving fast is cuz he knows how to drive... He's done it for a long while 😐😐😐.. he also has a job to do and can't drive around like a grandma
I drove Class 8 trucks long haul in the United States for 30 years, but I would NOT want to haul any cargo that talks back and complains. I have to hand it to those that do. You are a bigger Person than I am. Rock on.
Not too good if you need to use the washroom lol. I hear washroom locations are at the end and the front of train..depending on where you are you gotta walk miles
I'm claustrophobic and did this ! The first minutes when you get in it's horrible ! But after that you can get out of the bus if you want, and you can feel fresh air so it's actually okay !!
i used to be a bus driver, he is able to get into that little train because he is watching his passenger side rear wheel in the mirror. since that is the pivot point, all you need to do is line it up with where you'd want it to be after straightening. keep in mind that even though the bus is long, the wheels are closer together than the total length, which gives you pretty good turning radius
@@mighty9156 Not entirely sure why you'd assume he couldn't? I drive a bus for a living, anything from 10m to 24.8m with up to 3 joints and I'll drive through harder turns than this on a normal shift. From what I can tell, it's a single rear-axel VDL which actually makes these kind of turns easier, because as Ross mentioned, all you need to do is line up the rear axel and the front will follow smoothly. And judging by the video, the actual entry point on the cart for the train, has plenty of space. If I can put my hand inbetween what I'm driving next to, that's a lot of space between the bus and what's next to me. I will also say, that the driver is clearly experienced seeing how he gives almost no attention to the front, making it obvious that he knows what he's doing and how big his vehicle is.
I'm most impressed that the driver was able to get the bus into the train without using reverse. I greatly appreciate the 2.8 k likes. I am amazed by y'all love.
Wow, I honestly just assumed there was a tunnel to drive all the way through. I didn't even think that they would put the cars on a train, but it makes a lot more sense honestly.
@@BenTV_Italia the Swiss tunnel has big extraction fans i think, installed after the bus fire accident, also basic smoke avoidance is to get down low to breathe
I mean trains by nature have very little issue with weight due to their incredibly low rolling resistance. The car you drive very likely was brought there on a train in the first place. Ever seen the auto racks? In the US, while we don't have public rail that picks up your car, the auto racks likely brought your car there from the other side of the country. They're double stacked cars making them fairly unique to other rail cars. Just a shame we don't have this kind of transport. Rail is vastly cheaper to run and makes vastly less pollution.
@@Skylancer727 not economical profitable passenger train lines are in densely populated places New York and Tokyo super high population density so companies aren't gonna do it for us since we already have transport roads and cars and planes it hard to convince the people and therefore politicians invest in a railway service across our massive country unlike Europe there the overhead would be even bigger because most of our populations on the coast mainly clustered in the original colony areas and the great lakes states Texas and California with a big dip in population density in the "flyover" states sorry if this wasnt clear but i do support public rail god knows we pay enough taxes for it but its not profitable so it wont come on its own you have to convince my dumb peers the american people and the corrupt politicians all while the car companies fight you every step of the way personly i rather pass an anti corruption law that makes it illegal to lobby and most importantly force public representstives to divest from the stock market all us politicians mysteriously get rich through "buisness" inventments
@@kellynolen498 Youll also be amazed to hear that I can take a train from the country-side in southern Sweden all the way to our appartment in Austrias mountains.
Just wow for his driving skills. And wow in different meaning for how narrow the path, train is. I wish that it could be wider than this if it's designed for heavy vehicles.
Tolls are clearly narrower than this train since there is still room left for walking around the bus and that's not the cases of tolls we take more frequently. (I drive trucks only, no bus)
Salute to the driver. Though the roads are vacant, he has maintained constant speed. No rash driving, no overspeed. Full control on vehicle. God bless him! May other people learn from him.
@@KweDDo i think he meant migrants throwing rocks at your truck and purposefully approaching to scare you and make you stop so they can get in in Calais
I went in 2012 in a similar trip from London to Paris. The driver was a short lady with superb driving skills. The way she navigated the bus into the train was marvelous. As an Engineer, I am astounded at the engineering which went into the whole infrastructure - the tunnel, train, highway etc.
I only ever went on the train as a coach driver once and it’s definitely tight! I found the hardest thing about driving a UK coach in France was making a right turn on a roundabout 😮
Driving into a roundabout in the UK with a Swedish coach (left hand drive) is one of the most challenging moments of your day, massive blind spot where all the traffic is coming from.
What traffic do you have to obey in a roundabout ? When entering you can watch to either side, no matter where your steiring is. When leaving you even see better, if you sid on the outer side of the roundabout. Nobody is passing, Entering traffic has to wait. What's so complicated ? just to go a little towards the center to get the curve with a long vehicle ?
@@mrfust OK, I found passing more complicated, cause you sid on the side of the sidewalk and have to watch back through the other mirror. And you cannot look forward at all, like going a little in the middle to see upcoming traffic doesn't help at all. I heared from others, not coming with your own car raises other problems. You sit on the correct side, but all the switches, gears, blinkers are all mixed up, you cannot use your driving routine.
Thank you so much for this. This one of the great things about RUclips, it lets you see places you’ve never been through the eyes of the filmmaker. Loved it!
Truck and bus drivers aren't paid enough.... especially bus drivers with the responsibility for all those passengers lives... highly underrated profession!!!.🤔🇳🇿
@@moxq2to no just jobs that have people lives in the hands of there employees...ie airline pilots,train drivers, bus driver's ..in short anyone in charge of a vehicle that moves passengers at speed safely to there destination ... the next time you catch a bus, train or airplane somewhere you had better hope the person in charge is well paid and a professional or you might not survive the trip!!!.🤔🇳🇿
In my opinion, the most amazing skills were driving a bus that was designed for the roads in France, where they drive on the right side of the road, and driving that bus in England where they drive on the wrong side of the road. I couldn't do that.
It’s often easier in a bus or truck than in a car because of the height of the cabin. You can see over the top of other traffic, which helps a lot, especially when it comes to overtaking. Overtaking when driving a “wrong-sided” car is a genuine hazard, best avoided altogether.
Man, I would find this hard in my *car*. The other thing is, I remember the trip, thinking it would take hours and hours in the tunnel - it's over very quickly! I remember waiting longer to board than the trip took!!
That’s the wide carriage for busses although if there’s space they allow cars on too. The regular car only carriages are double deckers and even narrower as they have pavements either sides and toilets. I curb my wheels each time I drive through it.
It looked like he made a real song and dance about lining-up and fitting that coach into that train from my perspective. And yes I have done it many more times than I care to remember, I much preferred the ferry trip from Dover personally.
WOW!!!!!!! That simple manouvre to line the bus up with the trailer was sublime. I still have the VHS recording of the two tunnels breaking through the very last wall.
Still mad respect to all the engineers involved that we as human beings managed to pull that off so precisely. Can still recall seeing a rerun of the footage on the children's news program of the builders celebrating the breakthrough. I was slightly to young to see the actual breakthrough moment, but still.
Ive traveled by bus from London to Paris a few rimes and it blew my mind the skills of the drivers getting on the train and driving in the train and off…its something to see in person.
That's impressive, I've driven a bus through it a couple times and always got a little buzz when I nailed it perfect boarding (never once hit it or had to shunt) I used to tell the passengers to look out for the fish through the window as a joke 😃
As an American that has never been overseas, I've never seen anything like this train before and it's really awesome. I didn't know it existed and I'm super happy that I do now.
I think you Americans are truly blessed with such a LARGE continent which has one BIG ADVANTAGE: You all speak the same language and all the same laws - kinda - apply everywhere. I simply have no idea how that must feel ... Someday I'd like to visit. I can only recommend you to travel outside of America. You'll see a lot of different things in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia ...
@@MrFliederLP I'd love to travel one day, but I can't afford that. Also, you'd be surprised how different the states are from each other. Different accents, different food, and often different cultures. Many cultures in the US are influenced from other countries, combined with local culture and made into something new.
@@MNNski That sounds interesting! Personally I am fascinated by the variety of nature America has to offer. For example fall and winter seem so cozy and nice up there in Dakota or Minnesota, whereas nature can be very different in the South... Someday I would like to experience that. Would it be worth travelling all by car or rather by plane?
I’m from Australia and my two best friends live here one in London and one in Paris. I always catch the eurostar under the channel from London to Paris and vice versa. It’s a fantastic trip and I never knew they loaded a bus like this as I get the train that leaves express from station to station in each country.
I’m on day 2 of my HGV class 2, driving 18 tonne 12 meter long DAF. I can wholeheartedly appreciate the skills of his driving, new found admiration to all truckers and bus drivers, it’s not easy at all. Amazing!
I love how 99%of the roads are Plain Flat smooth , well marked...with signs,no unnecessary zig zag. In India we don't do any of that _(which is so basic and should be common)_ And the Engineering solutions for the Tunnel? Amazing!... Love what your countries have done ... Strive for more... Don' let the whiny people affect your Country's progress. _(hope you understand)_
@@Snaakie83 What are you on about? You arrive, people start getting off the bus and the driver opens the baggage doors. At this point it does happen that someone takes a bag that doesn't belong to them. You've never traveled by bus before have you?
@@Snaakie83 eh, you ARE on the bus. There is literally nowhere else for you to be. Le Shuttle trains just carry cars and buses with all the passengers inside. Freight goes on separate trains. There are no passenger compartments. For normal cars or regular height and without roof racks, the trains are double decked, and even narrower inside.
I was on a bus in Japan, when it went through tolls, the boom would open just a split second before the bus hit it. The bus would not stop, it only slowed down probably no slower than 50km/h. Obviously, it's a very efficient toll system.
I've heard talk of a tunnel between Nome Alaska and Russia. I read a sifi short story in OVERDRIVE magazine when I was a kid. About Aussie style trucks pulling 4 trailers between Seattle and Moscow once. It was called "The Last Owner Operator"
Was in the Army while in Germany we took many buses to airports.. And the drivers nothing short of amazed me while in the airport lanes crazy turns in tight lanes and never doubted themselves just cruised right through!!!!!
I only knew about the Eurotunnel because of the Gumball 3000, I've never actually seen footage on what actually happens, this is pretty cool. I wish there was some coast to coast thing like this in the United States, that way you can travel with your car without beating the hell out of it for thousands of miles
There's the Amtrak Auto train that runs from Washington DC to Georgia, I think. More high speed passenger trains would be nice for crossing the continent and even across regions, and cat carrying trains would be nice, too.
@@Therthzius The Brenner Base Tunnel will be longer, but without the constraints of drilling in a wet environment like the Eurotunnel. The tunnel boring machine on the French side had to be modified to be watertight, for example.
I always love seeing this kind of seamless integration of infustructures. It's almost the most logical solution being approached immediately, with someone saying "Okay... How do we make having a vehicle and taking the train practical?" And then someone answering "...Let them drive the car onto the train, take the train, then drive off at the destination?" And that person not being called crazy. I would love to see this kind of infustructual integration in the future. We already have so many massive industries of travel and transportation. Yet the hassel of making full use of these cheaper, more environmentally friendly options day-to-day when you don't have to will always be the biggest turnoff for consumers. Every day we come up with more and more ways to advance our world and transportation. Hyper-loops, electric cars, electric planes, driverless taxis, etc.. But maybe the future doesn't lie in those next-gen technologies. Maybe the next big and impactful thing in transportation won't be hyperloops, driveless taxi's, or electric planes but something like this. A simple system of bus-to-train system, that expands on two already well-established industries and brings them together in a seamless way. Because those technologies will create something new. Something big and bold that will overhaul what we already have to a record height. Yet the Concord went supersonic, and airlines had four engines and max capacity. Now airlines want medium sized planes with only two engines. Innovative technologies may replace something old, or may set a raise the limit to what there already is. But the lifetime of an innovation will always be limited. A bullet train is only an innovation on a train until a faster tain is made. Yet if putting a car on a train manages to save money on a large scale, it's a innovation that will remain useful for centuries.
It's more this is more environmentally friendly yet convenient. Instead of renting a new car on the other side, just take yours. We already have auto racks for transporting cars, why not ride it? Always bothered me that we don't do similar in the US. But guess you didn't hear, Virgin Hyperloop just went bust. That means the hyperloop is back where it was 100 years ago as just an idea written in your books and not a real product. To be fair though, the hyperloop was doomed to fail. Maglevs are already fairly unprofitable with many functioning in the red. They're faster yes, but people want cheap public transport over anything else. If you're gonna ride it daily, you take the cheaper option. Nobody wants to spend $10 a ride daily vs $3 for the conventional train.
@@Skylancer727 There used to be a network of Motorail trains in the UK. From 1966 untill 1995. The only one now is the Eurotunnel. Between Folkstone and Coquelles in France. It would make more sense in a country the size of the USA. Travel overnight, park the car on the train. Move up to the passenger coaches, with sleeping accommodation, arrive next morning, refreshed and drive off.
I was on a bus tour to the north cape once and there I saw some bus driving skills! its also more impressive when you as a passenger stare into an abyss outside your window and the bus keeps going.
I'm not sure, now, but I think our trip from London to Dover by train, then hovercraft to Boulogne, then train to Paris Nord took less than eight hours. 1980.
Seeing the thumbnail and title, i was unsure of whether it was a sarcastic, ironic, funny crash, or actually incredibly impressive driving. I was glad to view the latter.
i would be scared with my golf on some corners there and he drives like hes going to catch some bread for breakfast. Looks totally chilled and maximum skilled. Impressive driving skills! Nice man!
6:16 i never drove to this place from both countries but i recognize this place.... from euro truck simulator ^^ I was like : ho i know this place, odd... -_- the game.
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Everyone forgets that this bus driver also needs the skills to both drive in the uk and the rest of europe. Its not that easy to rethink your whole memory of how to follow street rules etc when the lanes are opposite
It's actually quite easy. I got used to it almost immediately.
@@DefinitelyNotJerry5 but he is switching back and forth day after day probably
its actually really easy.
It’s pretty easy.
Usually you just follow the flow of the traffic. Only problem can arise when you find a weird roundabout and there’s no other cars around to give you a hint.
But then again, then there’re no other cars around either so you can take your time.
@@somefuckstolemynick everyone saying that its so easy but most people cant even drive properly in their own countries 😂
The driving skills of bus drivers traveling in tight spaces are amazing.
Mirrors 🤷
Thats what she said
Yet when a 17 year old who is borrowing daddy’s bmw has 10 feet of room to parallel park they hit both cars several times -__-
Speaking of driving in tight spaces one should see the driving skills of a town bus diver in India. Even without any advanced capabilities in vehicle driver does this with ease
It’s their job
I was a bus driver in Cincinnati. I love videos like this because I love the profession, and seeing the jobs of drivers around the world. Thanks for posting this video.
Thank you for the kind comment. Our pleasure
Ima be honest,
when i think of a bus driver from Cincinnati, theres a 90% chance ima come up with a name like Floyd Thompson lol.
You're a legend for driving busses in Cincinnati.
@@evan8654 LOL.. I do have some stories!
@@floydthompson8668 write a book!
I am a commercial driver as well (CDL) here in the USA and I will say, I hope that driver gets paid for what his skills are worth cuz that was some dam impressive right there, seriously impressive my friend, no backing up to make that entrance onto the train... mad skills... and lots of respect! I truly hope he's paid what he's worth.
*_Sir, those are multi axle buses. They need small turning radius. You can easily put those buses in narrow place._*
@@LordOfSweden does he crash the bus?
@@LordOfSweden when?
@@LordOfSweden the only reason why he's driving fast is cuz he knows how to drive... He's done it for a long while 😐😐😐.. he also has a job to do and can't drive around like a grandma
also his steering wheel is on the wrong side for riding in the uk so he has that against him too, job well done i say
I drove Class 8 trucks long haul in the United States for 30 years, but I would NOT want to haul any cargo that talks back and complains. I have to hand it to those that do. You are a bigger Person than I am. Rock on.
What are class 8 trucks?
In the US Class 8 is a truck over 33000lbs, ~15000kg
Well, look at the bright side. Cargo that talks back and complains, also loads and unloads itself. So it's not all bad.
@@moconnell663 is that a lot for a truck?
@@emraef Common maximum weight (truck, trailer and load) is 80,000 pounds. A large, modern bus maximum weight is approximately half that.
Not too good for claustrophobics; inside of a bus that's inside of a train that's inside of a tunnel, that's under the water!!!
Not too good if you need to use the washroom lol. I hear washroom locations are at the end and the front of train..depending on where you are you gotta walk miles
@@wilfri3476 I definitely don't have a hearing problem. But for sure you need a pair of glasses
@@441meatloaf yeah but if you’re lucky the bus will have one 😁
I'm claustrophobic and did this ! The first minutes when you get in it's horrible ! But after that you can get out of the bus if you want, and you can feel fresh air so it's actually okay !!
😂😂😂
i used to be a bus driver, he is able to get into that little train because he is watching his passenger side rear wheel in the mirror. since that is the pivot point, all you need to do is line it up with where you'd want it to be after straightening. keep in mind that even though the bus is long, the wheels are closer together than the total length, which gives you pretty good turning radius
Thanks for the explanation mate.
could u make that turn?
Good explanation! Always wondered how buses could move seemingly horizontally from a stop
@@mighty9156 Not entirely sure why you'd assume he couldn't? I drive a bus for a living, anything from 10m to 24.8m with up to 3 joints and I'll drive through harder turns than this on a normal shift. From what I can tell, it's a single rear-axel VDL which actually makes these kind of turns easier, because as Ross mentioned, all you need to do is line up the rear axel and the front will follow smoothly. And judging by the video, the actual entry point on the cart for the train, has plenty of space. If I can put my hand inbetween what I'm driving next to, that's a lot of space between the bus and what's next to me.
I will also say, that the driver is clearly experienced seeing how he gives almost no attention to the front, making it obvious that he knows what he's doing and how big his vehicle is.
Position is everything, just watch the speed and those pesky bloody pedestrians.
Me: "I'll probably watch 30 seconds of this before I get bored and switch it off."
Me after 10mins 12secs: "Well driven sir, well driven 🙏"
Very satisfying huh, I'd say
its literally just a dude driving a bus, but for some reason it had me entertained all the way through
@@cosmic5934 It's always enjoyable watching someone skillful at work.
Lol fr ithought I'd look real quick
@@calrivera8301 indeed
I'm most impressed that the driver was able to get the bus into the train without using reverse.
I greatly appreciate the 2.8 k likes. I am amazed by y'all love.
That part was incredible
Yeah, not something you do without truly knowing your vehicle
He is already used to it . I bet his first time was a little different.
I mean of course you get to know your vehicle if you spend hours and hours day by day in it
What is that train?
Wow, I honestly just assumed there was a tunnel to drive all the way through. I didn't even think that they would put the cars on a train, but it makes a lot more sense honestly.
yeah, that tunnel is not a flat piece of "road", part down, part up, also 3 tunnels, 1 for emergency
I think the smog would be impossible to be taken outside the tunnel
@@BenTV_Italia the Swiss tunnel has big extraction fans i think, installed after the bus fire accident, also basic smoke avoidance is to get down low to breathe
@@jyvben1520 ok it's a matter of expensiveness, and you swiss don't have such problems :D
@@BenTV_Italia there are 2 monstrously huge ventilating systems on either side of the tunnel, it’s a lot better than one would’ve thought
I had zero idea that a loaded bus full of passengers can ride on a train like this. Pretty impressive!
I mean trains by nature have very little issue with weight due to their incredibly low rolling resistance. The car you drive very likely was brought there on a train in the first place. Ever seen the auto racks?
In the US, while we don't have public rail that picks up your car, the auto racks likely brought your car there from the other side of the country. They're double stacked cars making them fairly unique to other rail cars.
Just a shame we don't have this kind of transport. Rail is vastly cheaper to run and makes vastly less pollution.
@@Skylancer727 not economical profitable passenger train lines are in densely populated places New York and Tokyo super high population density so companies aren't gonna do it for us
since we already have transport roads and cars and planes it hard to convince the people and therefore politicians invest in a railway service across our massive country unlike Europe there the overhead would be even bigger because most of our populations on the coast mainly clustered in the original colony areas and the great lakes states Texas and California with a big dip in population density in the "flyover" states
sorry if this wasnt clear but i do support public rail god knows we pay enough taxes for it but its not profitable so it wont come on its own you have to convince my dumb peers the american people and the corrupt politicians all while the car companies fight you every step of the way
personly i rather pass an anti corruption law that makes it illegal to lobby and most importantly force public representstives to divest from the stock market all us politicians mysteriously get rich through "buisness" inventments
You'll be amazed to hear, that between Hamburg and Kopenhagen there is a trainline, where a fully loaded ICE will ride on a ferry.
@@kellynolen498 Youll also be amazed to hear that I can take a train from the country-side in southern Sweden all the way to our appartment in Austrias mountains.
We did it on a school trip to France. It was a wired experience, and very warm in the carriage.
2:45 Was expecting a super precise and impressive 3 point turn. Nope, just drives right in.
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zero point turn
poggers
Bravo !!!!!!!
The most impressive part to me was how quickly and smoothly he turned the bus, and how close he gets to hitting something, but barely misses.
Driving a bus/semi leads to situations where it gets really really close but never a scratch! Makes for fun stories to compare situations
barely misses means he struck something...
@@ShainAndrews nice catch on grammar m8
@@ShainAndrews when I read/hear "barely miss" I understand it as a "near miss", AKA coming very close to hitting, but not making contact.
@@ShainAndrews if I barely ate any ice cream, I still ate icecream just not very much. If I barely miss I have still missed, but it was very close.
Just wow for his driving skills. And wow in different meaning for how narrow the path, train is. I wish that it could be wider than this if it's designed for heavy vehicles.
wider carriage requires different gauge of track and a wider tunnel
As far as I know, this train is already wider than others with this gauge.
@@alexashton6501 Yes that should've been planned. Now big vehicles need a ferry to pass.
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 you really expect foresight and future proofing from modern governments whilst spending on infrastructure projects?
Tolls are clearly narrower than this train since there is still room left for walking around the bus and that's not the cases of tolls we take more frequently. (I drive trucks only, no bus)
Salute to the driver. Though the roads are vacant, he has maintained constant speed. No rash driving, no overspeed.
Full control on vehicle.
God bless him!
May other people learn from him.
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Drive to much fast ,the limit Is 20km/h and druving 50/60 km/h and hit in the ramp
6:10 y comiendo un bocadillo mientras conduce, es muy buen conductor y gran sentido de la responsabilidad
Took the eurotunnel a few times as a kid while we took holidays to Germany, France and belguim. even remembering the noise makes me nostalgic
Sad for you. I feel sorry
@@sik2185 What?
@@BOTYgaming Brexit
How long ago was that?
@@sik2185 why would you be sad and feel sorry??
I see Eurotruck simulator 3 is coming along smoothly 😍
It's Euro Truck Simulator 2 with a few mods.
A comment with elegant word play 🍷
eurotruck has no gipsies :D
@@zahariasingeorzan4084 what you have with gypsies?
@@KweDDo i think he meant migrants throwing rocks at your truck and purposefully approaching to scare you and make you stop so they can get in in Calais
I went in 2012 in a similar trip from London to Paris. The driver was a short lady with superb driving skills. The way she navigated the bus into the train was marvelous. As an Engineer, I am astounded at the engineering which went into the whole infrastructure - the tunnel, train, highway etc.
The moment where he shows his pass and gets the road number without even braking! Wow!
Badass
Running stop signs is badass
@@specialopsdave yes it is actually
@@specialopsdave what are you mad about, it's only a gate that doesn't cross any traffic on some private property
timestamp?
I only ever went on the train as a coach driver once and it’s definitely tight!
I found the hardest thing about driving a UK coach in France was making a right turn on a roundabout 😮
Driving into a roundabout in the UK with a Swedish coach (left hand drive) is one of the most challenging moments of your day, massive blind spot where all the traffic is coming from.
Yeah, and driving in the roundabouts in UK for everyone else is the same hard.
What traffic do you have to obey in a roundabout ? When entering you can watch to either side, no matter where your steiring is. When leaving you even see better, if you sid on the outer side of the roundabout. Nobody is passing, Entering traffic has to wait. What's so complicated ? just to go a little towards the center to get the curve with a long vehicle ?
@@holger_p Nothing is complicated about it. It was just the most complicated thing I found when driving abroad 🤷🏻♂️
@@mrfust OK, I found passing more complicated, cause you sid on the side of the sidewalk and have to watch back through the other mirror. And you cannot look forward at all, like going a little in the middle to see upcoming traffic doesn't help at all.
I heared from others, not coming with your own car raises other problems. You sit on the correct side, but all the switches, gears, blinkers are all mixed up, you cannot use your driving routine.
Thank you so much for this. This one of the great things about RUclips, it lets you see places you’ve never been through the eyes of the filmmaker. Loved it!
Just found your channel, new subscription. I drove for 50 years before retirement. Nice to see another generation of skilled professional drivers.
Thank you. I appreciate
Mad skills.. Kudos to the driver, you a dam good driver bruv
Never thought that cars and busses would just go through a railway platform into a train! Great footage!
Omg at first I was like "Why is the tunnel so narrow?" And then the "tunnel" started moving...
Nice point haha
Lol
I can somehow tell that this comment was posted by an american
@@GamerTheAlex why would it matter? Lol
@@SilentTraveler1 do you have the full unedited 8 hour trip?
Truck and bus drivers aren't paid enough.... especially bus drivers with the responsibility for all those passengers lives... highly underrated profession!!!.🤔🇳🇿
I bet you are the type of guy that will say sth is not payed enough for every job.
@@moxq2to no just jobs that have people lives in the hands of there employees...ie airline pilots,train drivers, bus driver's ..in short anyone in charge of a vehicle that moves passengers at speed safely to there destination ... the next time you catch a bus, train or airplane somewhere you had better hope the person in charge is well paid and a professional or you might not survive the trip!!!.🤔🇳🇿
paid*
@@moxq2to he's just farming for likes.
They get paid well enough you fool.
And this is why Europe drives cute little tractors.
There’s something about bus driving that is always so satisfying for me to watch.
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This man really knows his stuff. Professional...and cool as a cucumber.
Masterclass in motor skills. Kept the speed up and each movement was precise. Bravo
In my opinion, the most amazing skills were driving a bus that was designed for the roads in France, where they drive on the right side of the road, and driving that bus in England where they drive on the wrong side of the road. I couldn't do that.
France are the ones on the wrong side of the road
I'm an american and I used to have to work on postal service jeeps, which are RHD.
feels so weird
It’s often easier in a bus or truck than in a car because of the height of the cabin. You can see over the top of other traffic, which helps a lot, especially when it comes to overtaking. Overtaking when driving a “wrong-sided” car is a genuine hazard, best avoided altogether.
@@timwatson8151 Us Europeans do it all the time.
haha i see what you did here.
The engineering that went into making this happen is 🤯
Not to mention the amount of maintenance and upkeeping it must take. It looks like a lot of moving parts.
An honest day's work. kudos to this man for expertly navigating these people around with the trust of their saftey in his hands. 👍🏽💯
That passenger coughing had me more nervous than the driving. 😅 Good job!
It's cold season..
Hope its not coughvid
I think I heard someone cough before a few years ago believe it or not
remember the days when a cough didn't make people look at you like you're a potential murderer?
I was too, the small spaces didn't worry me, the coughing did.
Man, I would find this hard in my *car*. The other thing is, I remember the trip, thinking it would take hours and hours in the tunnel - it's over very quickly! I remember waiting longer to board than the trip took!!
That’s the wide carriage for busses although if there’s space they allow cars on too. The regular car only carriages are double deckers and even narrower as they have pavements either sides and toilets. I curb my wheels each time I drive through it.
Imagine if you had the runs and had to do a shit but you couldn't -me driving in every tunnel
@@competitivespeed2 how ? do you have a very wide car ? I took it with a mazda RX8 and it was fine, didn't find it to be that narrow.
@@VarietyGamerChannel Well the train has toilets in the walls so you can get out of your car or bus if you need a shit.
Drove in and off that train many times when I was a coach driver. The first time was a bit iffy but it gets a bit easier each time you do it. 👍
some extremely professional bus driver. he easily fits an entire bus in super narrow spaces like nothing. absolutely godlike in my opinion
Trust me my dad works there the spaces a massive
It looked like he made a real song and dance about lining-up and fitting that coach into that train from my perspective. And yes I have done it many more times than I care to remember, I much preferred the ferry trip from Dover personally.
@@donfink7063 He made a song and a dance about getting on to the train first time with no reversing or adjustments?
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This guy is really skilled. Almost all of that seemed like a really tight fit for a bus but he handled it effortlessly.
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WOW!!!!!!! That simple manouvre to line the bus up with the trailer was sublime. I still have the VHS recording of the two tunnels breaking through the very last wall.
Still mad respect to all the engineers involved that we as human beings managed to pull that off so precisely. Can still recall seeing a rerun of the footage on the children's news program of the builders celebrating the breakthrough. I was slightly to young to see the actual breakthrough moment, but still.
I went through the tunnel during a school trip. It’s definitely an experience I’ll never forget.
I went on a coach and I’ve been in a car a few times. Very different to the passenger train and very cool in my opinion
How long does that take?
@@dannickvandoorn7031 I can’t remember how long it took. But I don’t think it was that long, maybe like 30mins
Ive traveled by bus from London to Paris a few rimes and it blew my mind the skills of the drivers getting on the train and driving in the train and off…its something to see in person.
That train is impressive to hold that whole bus. And let’s not forget the driver’s skill. There are truly some wonderful things in this world.
The way he literally parked that thing in the bus depot without correcting himself and it was perfectly center and parallel-
i was thinking he had it crooked till they got off and showed how perfectly it was parked.
It's the same as parking a car
@@matta2738 but the perceived dimensions viewed by driver, from a bus are much different in view, timing, and angles, then it is when you're in a car.
@@calrivera8301 than*
That's impressive, I've driven a bus through it a couple times and always got a little buzz when I nailed it perfect boarding (never once hit it or had to shunt) I used to tell the passengers to look out for the fish through the window as a joke 😃
As an American that has never been overseas, I've never seen anything like this train before and it's really awesome. I didn't know it existed and I'm super happy that I do now.
The closest thing we have here is the Amtrak Auto Train from Virginia to Florida.
I think you Americans are truly blessed with such a LARGE continent which has one BIG ADVANTAGE: You all speak the same language and all the same laws - kinda - apply everywhere.
I simply have no idea how that must feel ... Someday I'd like to visit. I can only recommend you to travel outside of America. You'll see a lot of different things in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia ...
@@MrFliederLP I'd love to travel one day, but I can't afford that. Also, you'd be surprised how different the states are from each other. Different accents, different food, and often different cultures. Many cultures in the US are influenced from other countries, combined with local culture and made into something new.
@@MNNski That sounds interesting! Personally I am fascinated by the variety of nature America has to offer.
For example fall and winter seem so cozy and nice up there in Dakota or Minnesota, whereas nature can be very different in the South...
Someday I would like to experience that.
Would it be worth travelling all by car or rather by plane?
I’m from Australia and my two best friends live here one in London and one in Paris. I always catch the eurostar under the channel from London to Paris and vice versa. It’s a fantastic trip and I never knew they loaded a bus like this as I get the train that leaves express from station to station in each country.
If you didn’t know, you get the Eurostar (passenger line) whereas this is the eurotunnel (for motor vehicles). They’re different services :)
@@Abi-bi6cb But they run on the same tracks through the tunnel.
So you not from Europe . Australia in Asia ke what but you face look like European 🤔🤣😅😅
I’m on day 2 of my HGV class 2, driving 18 tonne 12 meter long DAF. I can wholeheartedly appreciate the skills of his driving, new found admiration to all truckers and bus drivers, it’s not easy at all. Amazing!
It's easy
my brother is a truck driver, I sometimes go with. It's amazing to see how relaxed drivers are while doing the most tight and scary turns haha
I love how 99%of the roads are Plain Flat smooth , well marked...with signs,no unnecessary zig zag.
In India we don't do any of that
_(which is so basic and should be common)_
And the Engineering solutions for the Tunnel? Amazing!...
Love what your countries have done ... Strive for more...
Don' let the whiny people affect your Country's progress.
_(hope you understand)_
lot from ur county, make them luxury
The way he just folded it into the train car was amazing.
Thats the coolest busdriver ive seen.
BRO THE WAY HE MOVES THE BUS INTO THE TRAIN
5:01 the bus driver is playing subway surfers lol what a legend
I think its Mario Kart Tour
This really made me impressed about how accurate ETS2 is
Finally found someone talk abt ETS2
How?
If you are still on the bus when the driver opens the baggage area be careful there are case snatchers everywhere at these termini.
Eh, no.
You can't access your luggage, there's no one able to reach your luggage and you're not on the bus.
@@Snaakie83 What are you on about? You arrive, people start getting off the bus and the driver opens the baggage doors. At this point it does happen that someone takes a bag that doesn't belong to them. You've never traveled by bus before have you?
@@Snaakie83 bit dumb john you need get down the Chinese shop and buy a new half a brain, watch the bus pull in and see where the driver is.
@@Snaakie83 eh, you ARE on the bus. There is literally nowhere else for you to be. Le Shuttle trains just carry cars and buses with all the passengers inside. Freight goes on separate trains. There are no passenger compartments. For normal cars or regular height and without roof racks, the trains are double decked, and even narrower inside.
I was on a bus in Japan, when it went through tolls, the boom would open just a split second before the bus hit it. The bus would not stop, it only slowed down probably no slower than 50km/h. Obviously, it's a very efficient toll system.
it exists in France, called télépéage, but you has to slow down under 30km/h
It exist in India ( all over the country) also.
fastpass in the US but it sucks ass
I am Japanese. I think it's probably a system called "ETC". ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETC
I did not know they take busses. That turn into the carriage was so satisfying!
I’m waiting for a tunnel from New York to London to be built. That’ll b really cool .
Are they really doing that?? I wonder
@@ChoisChoice-y7p No its way to far.
@@avanti488 and the fact that the pressure would crush your body
I've heard talk of a tunnel between Nome Alaska and Russia. I read a sifi short story in OVERDRIVE magazine when I was a kid. About Aussie style trucks pulling 4 trailers between Seattle and Moscow once. It was called "The Last Owner Operator"
@@txerrible1386 Good point.
I'm a truck driver and I loved his skills and experience... ❤️
I went into a full-blown evil chuckle when you did that turn into the train carrage, that sir, was phenomenal
Thank you
Was in the Army while in Germany we took many buses to airports.. And the drivers nothing short of amazed me while in the airport lanes crazy turns in tight lanes and never doubted themselves just cruised right through!!!!!
You haven't seen anything until you have seen an articulated bus going round corners in small village roads that barely fit two cars ;)
Respect to the driver for his hard work 👍
That's awesome the generations of work before us that has enabled us to have so many cool things like this is humbling
That trip feels just so satisfying to watch. Great footage! 👍⭐️😌
Wow, it's incredibly real this Euro Truck Simulator
Euro Bus Simulator
5:00 Busdriver caught playing Mario Kart Tour 😎
I never knew those trains traveling in the tunnel are so big. A++ for the driver his skills :p
I only knew about the Eurotunnel because of the Gumball 3000, I've never actually seen footage on what actually happens, this is pretty cool. I wish there was some coast to coast thing like this in the United States, that way you can travel with your car without beating the hell out of it for thousands of miles
US is mainly continental. Where do you want the tunnel to be put? Florida to Bahamas to Puerto Rico?
There's the Amtrak Auto train that runs from Washington DC to Georgia, I think. More high speed passenger trains would be nice for crossing the continent and even across regions, and cat carrying trains would be nice, too.
@@SilentTraveler1 well we dont need a tunnel, but more similar trains that can transport your cars throughout the Continent
I like that you included the human element of what everyone was doing while they waited under the tunnel
In 2010 I have travelled in eurotunnel to visit beligum Ford proving ground, it was an amazing experience.
Wow eurotruck simulator keeps getting better and better
The feeling, when you're good at your job... Absolutely priceless.
human and machine, wow, not his first rodeo, very smooth
I remember i was on one of the introduction rides back in the days. They were so proud of the fire isolation compartment system.
rude that no one clap for him im impressed from his driving skills
I have never been to a coach station but this trip looks nice. Reminds me of coach simulator, the best part is the ending drive for me
Euro tunnel is an amazing feat of engineering.
Brenner Basis Tunnel: am I a joke to you?
@@Therthzius it’s not even open..
@@Therthzius The Brenner Base Tunnel will be longer, but without the constraints of drilling in a wet environment like the Eurotunnel. The tunnel boring machine on the French side had to be modified to be watertight, for example.
Outstanding work, that driver is amazing!
Omg he gets into the train without reversing, it is literally INSANE
This driver has some amazing driving skills!
Some people are talented geniuses at driving this guy is one of them
Respect to all bus drivers!
well....
I always love seeing this kind of seamless integration of infustructures. It's almost the most logical solution being approached immediately, with someone saying "Okay... How do we make having a vehicle and taking the train practical?" And then someone answering "...Let them drive the car onto the train, take the train, then drive off at the destination?"
And that person not being called crazy. I would love to see this kind of infustructual integration in the future.
We already have so many massive industries of travel and transportation. Yet the hassel of making full use of these cheaper, more environmentally friendly options day-to-day when you don't have to will always be the biggest turnoff for consumers.
Every day we come up with more and more ways to advance our world and transportation. Hyper-loops, electric cars, electric planes, driverless taxis, etc..
But maybe the future doesn't lie in those next-gen technologies. Maybe the next big and impactful thing in transportation won't be hyperloops, driveless taxi's, or electric planes but something like this. A simple system of bus-to-train system, that expands on two already well-established industries and brings them together in a seamless way.
Because those technologies will create something new. Something big and bold that will overhaul what we already have to a record height.
Yet the Concord went supersonic, and airlines had four engines and max capacity. Now airlines want medium sized planes with only two engines.
Innovative technologies may replace something old, or may set a raise the limit to what there already is. But the lifetime of an innovation will always be limited. A bullet train is only an innovation on a train until a faster tain is made.
Yet if putting a car on a train manages to save money on a large scale, it's a innovation that will remain useful for centuries.
It's more this is more environmentally friendly yet convenient. Instead of renting a new car on the other side, just take yours. We already have auto racks for transporting cars, why not ride it? Always bothered me that we don't do similar in the US.
But guess you didn't hear, Virgin Hyperloop just went bust. That means the hyperloop is back where it was 100 years ago as just an idea written in your books and not a real product.
To be fair though, the hyperloop was doomed to fail. Maglevs are already fairly unprofitable with many functioning in the red. They're faster yes, but people want cheap public transport over anything else. If you're gonna ride it daily, you take the cheaper option. Nobody wants to spend $10 a ride daily vs $3 for the conventional train.
the concorde was also useless because it couldn’t fly over land
@@aawagga6841 Only because various countries would not allow it.
@@Skylancer727 There used to be a network of Motorail trains in the UK. From 1966 untill 1995. The only one now is the Eurotunnel. Between Folkstone and Coquelles in France. It would make more sense in a country the size of the USA. Travel overnight, park the car on the train. Move up to the passenger coaches, with sleeping accommodation, arrive next morning, refreshed and drive off.
that driver is a monster. nothing short of a monster. how can you drive so well and confident?
Amazing driving skills! Very impressive.
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sobre todo comiendo con una mano y conduciendo con la otra, anda que vaya profesional
Expert driving skills
This is Impressive! The Drivers is a pro. And that must be a big ass Train.
Tom Hanks is an excellent bus driver
For two years I was telling myself I already saw this driver somewhere, now you got it
@@SilentTraveler1 I know that feeling very well :D
He looks way more like Rami Malek than Tom Hanks lol
I am sorry for you, because you are blind.
@@miltonpessa4930 Yeah I agree with you
I was on a bus tour to the north cape once and there I saw some bus driving skills! its also more impressive when you as a passenger stare into an abyss outside your window and the bus keeps going.
I'm not sure, now, but I think our trip from London to Dover by train, then hovercraft to Boulogne, then train to Paris Nord took less than eight hours. 1980.
Need more videos dr.. I most like these types of traveling
Seeing the thumbnail and title, i was unsure of whether it was a sarcastic, ironic, funny crash, or actually incredibly impressive driving. I was glad to view the latter.
I've been here so many times but only in ETS2. Still gives me massive nostalgia.
1:00 "Azi nimic nu fac, cum ajung ma pun sa mananc" dovada ca românii sunt peste tot în lumea asta. 😂😂🤣
i would be scared with my golf on some corners there and he drives like hes going to catch some bread for breakfast. Looks totally chilled and maximum skilled. Impressive driving skills! Nice man!
My thoughts exactly
Tot drumu a trancanit moldoveanca noastra :D
Să mănânce și să se culce 😂
:))))))))
Cred ca tot drumul pana in România sa întrebat “unde dracu ie feribotul ăla ca are frica”
Asta cautam 😂
@@remusb ahah . de la satul sub chisinau
6:16 i never drove to this place from both countries but i recognize this place.... from euro truck simulator ^^ I was like : ho i know this place, odd... -_- the game.
That very skilled driver well earns his rest after that journey. Very cool to see.
I love how the bus driver decides to hop on subway surfers
I think this speed was due to the wide-format playback of the camera, in fact, the journey was more than safe!