After serving as a police officer for six years in the Brazos Valley, Klimple “burned out” on working with the public and sought refuge in truck driving. He got his commercial driver’s license while hauling oil equipment for Halliburton, never imagining that a year later he’d put it to use cruising the streets of Austin as a city bus driver and falling back in love with the public.I had never driven a city bus when I climbed onto that forty-foot “passenger rig” for the first time two years ago. But I needed a new job, and Austin needed bus drivers. It was time to take the bus-driving test. I wasn’t scared, but it was a little weird when I got on and looked back at the…
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