Safety
The procedural policy that is expected to be performed before each route to ensure the bus is fully capable of safe transportation.
What is a pre-trip inspection?
This is required for all route/special needs drivers as a tool to help prevent discipline issues.
What is a seating chart?
Refer them to the Director of Operations or the Superintendent.
What do you do if contacted by the media?
This is the amount of time that is paid to complete a pre-trip inspection.
What is 30 minutes?
Named after a swift canine, this intercity bus company was founded in Minnesota in 1914?
What is Greyhound?
To act in accordance with federal regulation, this should be conducted at the conclusion of each trip during which students or passengers are transported and before the operator exits the school bus or special purpose bus.
What is a post trip inspection?
This document includes a students inappropriate behavior and assigns consequences for their actions.
What is a write up?
The cost of this will be reimbursed up to $150 as necessary for renewal or for cause.
What is a DOT physical?
Morning route, afternoon route, anytime the bus is down for more than 1 hour.
When should a pre-trip inspection be completed?
In a 1994 action film, Keanu Reeves must keep a Los Angeles transit bus moving above this specific speed to prevent a bomb from exploding.
What is 50 MPH
This step is missing from the RR crossing procedure. When approaching a RR crossing, turn hazard lights on, ask students to turn their voices off, open the door/window, look in both directions and listen for trains, close door, proceed when clear, turn hazards off when clear of the tracks.
What is come to a complete stop?
Instructions for safe school bus riding. This is an important part of student discipline and safety, and can be found on green or yellow pages.
What are the school bus rules?
AAA Driver Improvement, First Aid/CPR, and monthly safety meetings.
What is required driver training?
Under no circumstance are you to do this when driving a school bus.
What is be on the phone?
In the Harry Potter universe, this three-deck, purple vehicle provides emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard.
What is The Knight Bus?
4/32 of an inch for steer tires and 2/32 of an inch for all other tires.
What is the legal minimum tread depth for commercial tires?
If I am having issues with a student, I must try moving that student here before we start the write up process.
What is the "penalty box"?
Have a strap that goes around the heel and has appropriate soles for traction.
What is the minimum requirement for shoes?
10 MPH
What is the max speed limit in parking lots?
In 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in this Alabama city.
What is Montgomery?
When loading or unloading students, whether they cross the road or not, this should be done to ensure all traffic is stopped before loading or unloading students. This is true for routes and activities.
What is check all mirrors to ensure there is no traffic, or traffic has stopped?
To keep students on the bus unless it is absolutely necessary to kick them off.
What is the goal of transportation?
Extension 102
What is Dr. Rierson's extension?
When taking students on any trip, this is required prior to departure so that the expectations are clearly communicated.
What is the Activity Trip Speech?
The name of this ubiquitous yellow school bus manufacturer, founded in 1927, comes from the Georgia city where it built its first horse-drawn wagon bodies.
What is Blue Bird?