Do you look at the driver's face first before riding a public vehicle?

Funny but i usually look at the vehicles appearance than it's driver. If a vehicle is decent enough then i would usually feel more comfortable riding in it since there's less likelihood of engine problems. Besides i don't really transfer vehicles if the driver looks like a hoodlum. I'm less worried about a driver's appearance because more often it's the passengers who are usually the robbers.

you rally are choosy in riding a public transport.i dont look at how the driver look but i look on the vehicle first.if i think its fast and can take me to where im going in the soonest possible time then i ride it right away.i also hate riding public transport that is already full and you have to squeeze in just to have a ride i wait for a suitable bus that has less passengers.

I look at everyone's faces when riding a public vehicle not only on the driver. I look for possible hold-upers or possible maniac hahahahahaha. We do not know if we are safe inside a vehicle. and I look at the driver's face all the time much more if he did not return my change, of course i am checking on it, its so hard to have money this days. We only know if the driver is reckless when he started to manouver the vehicle. If he started to move the vehicle like he is flying an airplane, we must pray for our life or stop the vehicle and ride another PUJ for safety.

Wouldnt you have to look at the driver when you're going to tell him where you're headed..?You have to look at them if they will be able to transport you or the other passengers are going a different way. That's what I usually do but of course there are times when the faces dont register anymore. I mean I wont recognize them anymore even when Ill have the chance to get in their vehicle again. Then again there are those public transports that have the same routine as you do so you would see them a few times per week. That's when I recognize the drivers. I do have those drivers that I avoid because they seem to be sleeping at the wheel, or they're too horn-happy (loves to blow their horns even when unnecessary), or the worst are those who feels like they're "The Transporter" or maybe a NASCAR speed racer. Looking at the drivers' face in the way that you do is just a precaution. Sometimes first impressions do last so it's always better to be safe than sorry.

My answer is no. It's not that I'm being judgmental or something when I perceive that this driver is reckless, it's just that I am enough of breaking a bone again. I don't want it to happen again. I got this phobia when it comes to riding jeepney 'cause I got an accident before because of reckless driving of the jeepney driver. It took me some months to walk again and rise in a public vehicles. If before, I tend to ride the one who runs fast, now I am being picky in choosing and riding a public vehicle. There's no way it is going to happen again, especially with a jeepney and most especially because of a reckless jeepney driver! I acted maturely when dealing with the drivers and conductors, when unexpectedly, they speed up too much, I usually complain, and i never get shy to complain, anymore since that accident. Crazy, stupid drivers, they aren't just dealing with their own lives. They'll be surely haunted forever. LOL =D

I don't usually look at the driver's face when I ride public transits... I look at my seatmate... I have this friend when seated beside a very ugly and suspicious looking guy, She would say that he's a snatcher..It's not nice to judge someone by his appearance but sometimes you just can't help it.. ^^.

of course, you could not tell the driver, ops, sorry, i won't ride in your cab. and you will wait for another cab to come. the usual thing i do when i ride a cab to to talk with the driver and make friends with them. usually, i get the cab name, body or plate number, telephone number, name of driver. and if i am in doubt that something not good might happen, i send a text message to my nearest relative or friend the information.

If I have to get somewhere, it'd be a bit crazy of me to judge a bus driver before getting on said bus. I don't care what the driver looks like, so long as he or she can get me to where I need to go on time. That's what matters.

Hello cecille, sometimes it's better to look in his face then look at the passengers at his back. if he's calling you and give you number of vacant seats then look at the back so that you will know if he's telling he truth or not and check his driving movements before he looks at you to know if he's a reckless driver or not.

If I could then I wouldn't. It doesn't matter to me and I don't think that it was possible to determine just at looking at them. However, I don't have a choice. I either ride public transit or my arms would be wheeling myself down the sidewalks of south daytona and the areas trying to get from place to place which is rather dangerous.

It doesn't matter to me anyway. Our observation can be wrong sometimes. For me, it's more advantageous if I ride on a high speed public vehicle. Why? - because I usually go to school late, I need to go there right away. :)

i'm guilty of that! hahaha. yes i sometimes look at the driver's face but when i am in a hurry, i never mind the face! haha! i know it's not so good to judge the people by their looks but i just do it for my safety. hehe!

I've never ridden on a public vehicle but I'm sure if I did I would do and feel the same way! I seem to do that anyways without actually thinking about that. It's hard not to judge a person by there appearance!

it look like you take a long time to thinking about the drive's face before you riding a public vehicle. more longer you analisis his face so more longer your mind stuck with it. at last you can just get headache. for me,if i take a public vehicle,i just look at his situation, if he look just like bad attitude leave that guy but if he nice to you and speak well to you just take his service.thats all,dont make a long time to look at their face. that my opinion.

In my area people board the bus from rear end so less chance of looking at the driver. Generally I don't pay much attention but if something worries me, well I would better wait.

I usually don't pay attention to who is driving. I just don't have time to, I just hop inside the bus and try to find some calm place where there is no pushing between people.

I did not look at it specially when I am going home right away to have some important appointments. I just look at him when I am on the seat while he is driving and I can sense his driving is harsh or different. But I prefer to ride in a driver who is older enough its because they drive slowly and properly than others. Also happen to me that I told the driver to drive slowly for I already felt uneasy in his way of driving the vehicle.

For me, I dont do it. There is no relationship between the drivers looks to how he drives except when he looks like a drunkard.. lolx ^_^ Here in the Philippines we have lots of mode of tranportation. A type that can be related to this discussion is the Habal-habal. For me, when the driver looks like an irresponsible person, I usually choose to ride on with the other driver even if it is his turn. I hate to ride on Habal habal with a driver that looks like an addict. I feel like I am paying him something for his vices.

HI cecellecarmela, its very difficult to judge to persons attitude by his physical aspects, though we easy many persons looking very strange and ugly and suspicious there will be few good ones in them also. Even i do see the drivers face first before riding a public vehicle. Have a great day.

Good day to you CecilleCarmela, With reference to your question, there are times I look on the driver's face before riding a public utility vehicle, especially if there are only few passengers inside. However, as I observed, now a days, good looking faces is not a reliable basis, because it sometimes deceives. And a good looking face does not go parallel on the person's attitude. There are times, those good looking faces are the one who possess the improper attitudes.