Rules of the Road
This distance rule means leaving room in front of your vehicle, it tends to change with the weather?
What is Following Distance?
What do we fill out during our pre-trip every day?
What is Zonar? What is the DVIR?
This is the term for flagging a hazard or close call before it turns into an actual accident.
What is a near-miss report?
This certificate must stay current and be carried while driving to verify you're medically fit to operate.
What is a DOT medical certificate?
This should always be your very first move after any collision, before anything else.
What is stopping the vehicle in a safe spot?
This term describes the area beside a bus where mirrors can't see a vehicle or pedestrian.
What are Blind Spots?
This system is checked on every pre-trip inspection since it ensures the bus can stop safely.
This mindset means treating every trip like your first, instead of skipping steps because "nothing's ever happened."
What is avoiding complacency?
This credential, with the right endorsement, is required to legally operate a passenger vehicle.
What is a CDL with a passenger endorsement?
This person should be contacted immediately after any incident, before you talk to anyone else involved.
What is dispatch or your supervisor?
This maneuver, done without a spotter, is one of the leading cause of preventable accidents.
What is Backing?
This item is checked for pressure and tread wear because it affects handling and stopping distance.
What are the tires?
This type of culture encourages operators to report mistakes and hazards without fear of automatic punishment.
What is a "just culture"?
Operators must report this to their employer within days, whether it happened on or off duty.
What is a traffic citation or license suspension?
This is something you should never do at the scene, even if you think you might have been at fault.
What is admitting fault?
This term describes drifting into risky habits after years without an incident.
What is Complacency?
A defect found here must be repaired before dispatch under this federal requirement.
What is an out-of-service defect?
This habit of constantly scanning mirrors and checking blind spots helps catch hazards before they become incidents.
What is defensive driving?
This program can select any driver, at any time, with no advance warning.
What is random drug and alcohol testing?
This equipment should be placed to warn oncoming traffic and protect the accident scene.
What are hazard triangles (reflective warning devices)?
At a railroad crossing, this is the required stopping distance range before the nearest rail.
What is 15 to 50 feet?
This adjustment helps eliminate blind spots for pedestrians and cyclists near the bus.
What are mirror adjustments?
This is the term for an operator speaking up when they see a coworker taking a risky shortcut.
What is a peer intervention (see something, say something)?
Letting this expire can pull you off driving duty immediately, no matter how much experience you have.
What is your medical certificate or license?
This must happen before you're allowed back behind the wheel after a reportable accident.
What is a post-accident drug and alcohol test?