Back It Up| 209: School Bus Supermom

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Automotive, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this week's special Mother's Day episode, Brian and Patrick Swayze chat with Karen, a seasoned school bus maestro with a decade of steering stories under her belt. Diving into her unexpected love affair with the bus driver's seat, Karen recounts her adventurous shift from trucking to chauffeuring party-goers. Amidst hearty laughs over quirky mishaps, she sheds light on the roadblocks women face in this male-dominated field, from sparse facilities to enduring stereotypes. They also swap tales of motoring through snow, their shared passion for quirky cars like the PT Cruiser, and the challenges of teaching the next generation to drive. Whether she’s behind the wheel of a school bus or a limo, Karen’s tales weave through the humorous and heartfelt lanes of life on the road. Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there!

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0:00.0	Merkel
0:02.0	Media
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0:05.0	The He put it in park through the driver's door.
0:23.6	He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car, crossed the front of it,
0:42.4	and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you. The only people really pulled over were truckers.
0:48.0	He said, we're going to hodge, and he didn't slow down. He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,
0:55.5	but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.
1:00.2	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:02.9	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
1:06.8	You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.
1:11.5	I went around that truck and a guy stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
1:16.1	and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.
1:22.7	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:31.2	Welcome. be one of the stranger things I've seen. Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends. I am Brian Merkel.
1:34.0	Patrick Swayze.
1:35.4	Wow! I got Patrick Swayze. That is awesome.
1:41.4	Are you short? No. Brian Schiffer, how are you? You could call it Patrick Swazzy. Okay, if you have a crazy Schiffer how are you
1:44.4	you could call it Patrick Swishman that's okay if you have a crazy and wild story you would
1:48.0	like to share with us from the road you know Patrick Swayze please contact us here
1:51.5	and HLL podcast at protommail.com that's HLL podcast that protomail.com or one of the
1:59.1	hammer lane legends.com web page
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