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This the the distance of the danger zone all around a school bus.
What is 15 ft?
This is when you can leave the vehicle without applying the parking brake or chocking the wheels.
What is never?
When you have a helper this is the most important hand signal.
What is "stop"?
This is the limit that a bus can carry for one class of hazardous material.
What is 100 lbs?
This is the shape of hazardous material warnings.
What is a diamond shape?
This is the score you need to pass each permit test.
What is 80%?
In a system failure, emergency brakes use _____ to stop the vehicle.
Parts of the Service and Parking brakes.
This is what wet brakes can cause.
What is becoming weak or grabbing.
This is what you should do if an approaching vehicle does not lower the high beams coming towards you.
What is look to the right side of your lane?
This is how many feet your bus must stop before a drawbridge.
What is 50 ft?
This is the maximum leakage rate for a combination vehicle with the brakes on.
What is 4 psi?
This is what holds spring brakes back.
What is air pressure?
A Stale Green light means this.
What is a light has been green for a while and it might turn red soon.
This is the term used for why longer vehicles have to take wide turns.
What is off-tracking?
This is the most dangerous procedure a school bus driver must undertake.
What is loading and unloading the bus?
This is how far you must move students from a hazardous spill.
What is 300 ft?
This is the year that all vehicles with air brakes had to have ABS.
What is 1998?
This is what you do if you are correcting a rear or drive wheel skid.
What is release the brakes and counter-steer?
This is when charter bus drivers should let passengers on.
This is the maximum round-trip transit time that a student is allowed to and from school.
What is 3 hours?
If your BAC is this percent or more then you will be suspended at least one year for your first offense.
What is 0.04%?
This is a spring-loaded valve that lets you apply the brakes gradually if the service brakes fail.
What is the Modulating Control Valve?
This system has parts that include the spindle, tie rod, and pitman arm.
What is the steering system?
If a vehicle has the brake-door interlock system then this braking system is applied if the rear door is open.
This is what you need to change the location of a school bus stop.
What is written approval from the school district?