Leave the driving to us!

“Leave the driving to us!” is best known as a mid‑20th‑century American advertising slogan associated with Greyhound bus lines. It appeared prominently in Greyhound’s national marketing—especially in print ads and on posters—positioning intercity bus travel as safe, convenient, and professionally managed at a time when long-distance travel was expanding and companies competed on reliability and comfort. The line speaks from the perspective of the carrier (“us”), inviting passengers to relinquish the stress and responsibility of driving and instead trust trained drivers and a scheduled network. Because it circulated widely as copy rather than as a literary utterance, it is often treated as effectively anonymous in quotation collections.

The slogan works by reframing travel as a service relationship: the traveler’s role is to ride, rest, or attend to other tasks, while the company assumes the burdens of navigation, safety, and vehicle operation. Its persuasive force comes from implied expertise (“we are professionals”) and from the promise of relief from fatigue and risk. More broadly, it reflects a modern, consumer-oriented idea of convenience—outsourcing skilled or stressful labor to specialists. In quotation form, it can be read as a general invitation to delegate responsibility, though its original intent is commercial rather than philosophical.