Britain’s youngest bus driver is taking to the roads after passing his test with no minors, at the age of just 18.
Luke Brown is now a qualified bus driver for National Express in Coventry, West Midlands, and says he loves everything about driving.
The teenager was motivated by his dad, Stuart, who’s worked for the company for 20 years as a bus driver.
After completing his driver training, Luke passed his Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) licence for the first time with no faults.
He said working with his dad would be one of the best things about the new job, along with helping people to get around.
A full-time driver in Coventry can earn £28,500, even more with overtime.
Luke said that he was looking forward to spending more time on the road, helping more people get around and working alongside his dad, who’s worked for the garage for the past 20 years. Although, he said, that there’s now a bit of competition between him and his dad for who’s the better driver, and he said that it feels great to have passed with no minors.
He said that he put a lot of time and effort into practising for the test so it was very satisfying to know that his hard work paid off and that having a supportive team around him helped a lot.
He said that during his training, no question was too silly and my instructor was calm and informative so he didn’t feel pressured at all, which he believes really spurred his development.
Darren Dunbar, driver training officer at National Express Coventry, said that to pass a PCV licence at 18 years of age with zero minors was a major achievement and that each year they have hundreds of drivers who start training, and out of those, only about two or three pass their test without fault.
He said that they weren’t surprised by Luke’s result. He puts 100 per cent into everything he does and that definitely showed in his driving, and he said that he was really pleased for him, that he’s a lovely guy and was a great asset to the garage.
It comes after a teenage girl previously became Britain’s youngest bus driver aged 18.
Ellie Rose Houghton passed her PCV bus test with flying colours and started driving an 87-seater double-decker bus.
Well done to the young man!
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