Three Brisbane bus drivers a day were assaulted in December.
The damning statistic emerged at a recent Brisbane City Council meeting, which heard the total number of council driver assaults in 2020 was a staggering 654.
It's worse in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay and the Gold and Sunshine coasts, according to Bus and Coach Drivers' Association state secretary Darren Dickson.
The State Government promised to pay for protective screens to stop attacks, but they had reneged, said Dickson.
"Drivers feel exposed,'' he said.
"The Government agreed to pay half with the bus companies the rest.
"The stories of rampant violence and misconduct is crazy.''