Pre-Trip
Procedures
JCPS History
Driving Fundamentals
Laws & Regs
100

What document is required to be completed and turned into your compound each week?

What is your pre-trip log.

100

How many steps are in the loading process?

What is 20-Steps.

100

How many schools are in JCPS?

What is 165 Schools.

100

What is the proper hand positioning while driving?

What is 10-2 or 9-3.

100

When making a bus stop how far should your bus be stopped from an intersection?

What is 30 feet.

KRS 189.450 States vehicle should not stop within 30 ft of any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal.

200

What does the acronym L.A.B stand for?

What is Leaks, Alarm, Button.

200

What is the stopping distance to the track in the railroad procedure?

What is 15-50 Feet.

200

How many languages are spoken in JCPS schools?

What is 139.

200

What common driving action is PROHIBITED for schools buses?

What is turning right on red.

200

A bus should not be stopped for the purpose of discharging students to the opposite side of the road with ________.

What is 4 or more lanes.

KRS 189.375

300

Other than your pre-trip what other inspections are required?

What are the walk-around inspection and post-trip.

300

At what distance do you activate your yellow warning lights in your loading procedure?

What is 200 Feet.

300

What year did the Board of Education order the merger of City and County schools systems?

What is 1975.

After several years and court battles JCPS was born in 1978.

300

How many seconds should you look ahead while driving?

What is 12-15 seconds.


300

702 KAR 5:150 states that a bus transporting these students will require a driver assistant. What age group is it referring to?

What is 3 and 4 year olds.

400

There are 3 brake checks within your pre-trip. What are they?

What are the service, parking and L.A.B tests.

400

How far away from a student must you stop when loading?

What is 10 feet away from the closest student.

400

What year did the first public school open in Louisville?

What is the year 1829.

The first school was opened on the corner of 5th and Liberty Streets.

400

When traveling at 45 MPH, what is the space cushion for a KY school bus?

What is 5 seconds.

400

Any person who knowingly falsified a certification required to obtain or maintain their CDL. Can lose their CDL for how long?

What is 60 days.

A second violation of this law would result in a loss of your CDL for life.

500

What parts on the bus engine are gear driven?

What are the power steering pump and the air compressor.

500

How many scans are in the loading/unloading procedure?

What is 7 of the 20 steps are visual scans.

500

In 1856 two of the first high schools to open in Louisville, where there names?

What is Louisville Male and Louisville Female High.

500

What type of driving skill should be put into practice everyday?

What is defensive driving skills.

500

On a one lane road KRS 189.340 states you must give this much space to a bicyclist when passing?

What is a minimum of 3 ft.

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