The bus driver actor recently retired from Trailways after 37 years and taught other bus drivers how to drive the same exact model bus.
The commissioner scene took place in a thunderstorm. The director yelled out loud that if he could capture a lightning bolt in the scene he would get religious. Immediately after three lightning bolts were captured at once. He is now a catholic :) He also wished for a train to go by on the old trestle during the scene. One did.
The rain scene occurred in a real downpour with lightning bouncing around the area. Everyone thought that they were going to get struck by lightning as they were the tallest things at the location.
The actor who played a judge was a real judge serving on the bench for 25 years and 17 years at civil appeals section of the Appellate Division. The actor who played the Daytona police office was a real police officer who also was a finalist in the 2008 Olympic Judo trials.
Based on a true story. The director was able to get a working period Trailways bus and the last scene of the movie is the exact same bay location (old Greyhound Station now owned by Maryland Historical Society) where the real "Ringo" left 50 years ago.