School Bus 1
Number of seconds for visual lead time in the city
What is 12-15 seconds?
Distance to move students when exiting the bus.
What is 10 ft.
What is violating the hands free phone law?
You can see the students behind you and the top of the back window in the top of this mirror.
What is the student mirror
Minimum age to be a bus driver in the state of Missouri
What is 21?
You can see the front of the bus, the front tires, and the service door with these mirrors.
What are the crossover mirrors?
You reduce the risk of hitting a pedestrian during a left turn if you
What is rock and roll
2/32nds and 4/32nds
What is the minimum tread depth for the rear and front tires?
When approaching a stop for student pick up you activate your amber warning lights
What is 200 feet?
To avoid hitting a pedestrian in your blind spot while turning left
What is rock and roll
50 to 150 feet up to 400 feet depending on the length and width of the bus.
What is the blind spot behind the bus?
Place the bus in drive and accelerate to 1000 RPM to test
What is parking brake test
As a bus driver you cannot do this with a route, only a school official can.
What is change the route?
These 3 things add up to the total stopping distance
What is perception, reaction and braking?
A good way to be free from the risk of having a safety problem with your school bus is to
What is a thorough pre-trip
Activity where more students are killed as pertaining to a school bus.
What are loading and unloading the bus?
What is: Havin a BAC .04 or more; Refusal to undergo BAC testing; Driving a CMV when the CDL is suspended/revoked; leaving the scene of an accident involving CMV
The following distance is
What is 4 sec
Three reasons to activate your hazard lights
What is RR crossing, stopping on the side of the road, and school loading/unloading zones
As a general rule, when crossing tracks you need to have the length of your bus plus 15 feet.
What is the containment area
This violation will result in the loss of your CDL
1st offense 60 days
2nd offense 120 days within 3 yrs
3rd offense 1 year within a 3 yr period
What is Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing?
Move the student away from the danger zone, secure the bus and retrieve the object yourself.
What should you do if a student drops an object in the danger zone of the bus?
No student can be crossed across a roadway if there are this many lanes.
What are four or more lanes?
If your privilege to operate your personal vehicle is rev-can-sus for this reason you will also loose your CDL for 1 year for the 1st offense and for life for the 2nd
What is a reason due to alcohol or controlled substance?
Your bus is rated for 72 students. There are 75 students that get on
What is CALL DISPATCH FOR HELP