"LEFT, LEFT - RIGHT, RIGHT"

As a School Bus Driver instructor, for Anne Arundel County, one day a trainee was driving my training bus on a very narrow road, with ditches on either side. I was sitting in the front seat on the door side. When I noticed that the bus seemed to be veering to the right, I asked the trainee to move the bus to the left. She failed to do so and after asking again and still not responding, I stood up and stepped into the stairwell. I again asked her to move to the left saying “ Left, Left ”, but the more I directed her the more she went Right, Right. As I was saying move to your “other left”, I couldn’t help but notice the tree quickly approaching us on the right shoulder. Before I could do anything other than flinch, we made contact with the tree branches, resulting in my mirrors on the right side of the bus left hanging. I had her secure the bus and I took over, driving to our shop to get new mirrors. What a miserable drive that was without mirrors on my right side. Today I laugh about it, but I definitely saw no humor at the time.