"Krone" self-test

This is what it feels like to drive a huge bus

Theresa Wegscheider has decided to become a bus driver and will be available as a driver in the Lieser-Maltatal from the summer.(Bild: Elisa Aschbacher )

Carinthia is desperately looking for bus drivers. Upper Carinthia is massively expanding its public transport network and offering attractive services. But what does it mean to be a bus driver? Editor Elisa Aschbacher tried it out.

"Slow down!", driving instructor Günter Roth admonishes me as soon as I set off. No, I'm not driving a car, I'm trying my hand at driving a bus today and am sitting in a twelve-metre-long bus with 50 seats.