The driver, her flatmate, was hospitalised for six days with broken ribs, a punctured lung, and severe bruising.
Taylor earlier pleaded guilty to charges of causing death and injury by careless driving.
Today, at Christchurch District Court, Ms Beet's only child, Chloe Beets said she is no longer sad, but angry at Taylor who she says has never apologised for his actions.
The last few months have been the hardest of her life and she still has nightmares, she said in an emotional victim impact statement.
She is angry that her mother never enjoyed becoming a grandmother, and is angry that it took Taylor so long to admit he was in the wrong and that it meant the driver spent so many weeks second guessing himself over whether he was responsible for causing his best friend's death.
Ms Beet didn't believe bus companies or drivers had learned from the tragedy, claiming she witnessed buses running red lights and breaking the road rules every day.
Defence counsel John Brandts-Giesen described the fatal mistake as a result of a "moment of misattention".
Taylor has since lost his job, is currently unemployed, and living in a caravan at a friend's property in Oxford, North Canterbury.
Judge Gary MacAskill blasted the police today for its "professional incompetence" in failing to provide victim impact statements to the court ahead of sentencing dates.
"If it happens again, the roof will fall. I've had enough," he said.
Judge MacAskill sentenced Taylor to 200 hours of community work.
He also ordered him to pay $3800 in reparation and disqualified him from driving for nine months.
