25th October 2010 - Bus driver's handshake

The old buses here don't have the luxury of an electric horn, instead they have an old fashioned brass horn with a rubber ball on the end. So they steer with their left hand whilst constantly honking the horn with their right. Sounds like a demented seal. Consequently I image that a bus drivers right forearm muscles are highly developed and if you were to shake hands with one the likelihood is that they'd probably crush your hand!

I've noticed a similar sort of overly work hands with TukTuk drivers on their left hand which operates the clutch, the leaver is always set far away from the handlebar so the hand strenght required is impressive. However, I understand that left hand is reserved for wiping duties so no likelihood of shaking hands with a muscle bound TukTuk driver.