TRAIN TRAKS
Laws And Regs
Carrier requirements/driver training
Defensive Driving
Pre trip inspection
100

what is a passive railroad crossing?

A railroad crossing that does not have any type of traffic control device.

100
No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver, regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, to drive nor shall any driver drive More than ______ following eight consecutive hours off duty.
What is 10 hours?
100

Motor carriers shall require each driver to demonstrate that the driver is capable of safely operating each different type of vehicle before driving such vehicle on a highway unsupervised

What is Driver Proficiency?

100
Turn signals shall be activated ___________ feet prior to a turn.
What are 100'?
100
A CHP 292 inspection certificate is valid for this amount of time
What is 13 months?
200
Responsible for approving certain bus stops
What is CHP
200
A driver may be allowed _________ additional hours to complete a run in the event of adverse driving conditions as defined in section 1201.
What is two?
200
A vehicle inspection approval certificate designed and furnished by the department shall be displayed in each school bus
What is CHP 292
200
The proper mirror check for this type of turn: 1. Right mirror zone 2. Interior mirror zone 3. Front mirror zone 4. Left mirror zone 5. Right mirror zone 6. Repeat use of all mirrors continually
What is a right turn?
200
The maximum amount of air loss allowed during an applied brake test.
What is 3 PSI?
300
Responsible for issuing a drivers special certificate
What is DMV
300
Motor carriers and drivers shall not transport, or knowingly permit passengers to carry, any hazardous material as defined in Vehicle Code Section 353. These restrictions shall not apply to: (must name one)
What is(1) Oxygen medically prescribed for, and in the possession of, a passenger and in a container designed for personal use. (2) Personal-use articles in the immediate possession of a driver or passenger.
300
School bus, SPAB, PAB, and GPPV carriers shall ensure every bus is inspected every ________ miles or _______ calendar days, whichever occurs first; or more often if necessary to ensure safe operation.
What is 3000 miles or 45 days
300
The distance between the turning point for a rounded turn and the turning point for a sharp turn is called this.
What is the turning range?
300
This instrument records the road engine revolutions per minute(rpm). They are usually graduated in 100's.
What is a Tachometer
400
Responsible for approving all courses of study and training activities for California School Bus drivers
What is CDE
400
No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver, regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, to drive nor shall any driver drive, except as provided in Section 1212(k), for any period after having been on duty for ______ hours in any consecutive________ days.
What is 80 and 8?
400
The acronym IPDE stands for this
What is Identify, Predict, Decide and Execute?
400
A red light exempt stop location
What is (1) Schoolbus loading zones on or adjacent to school grounds or during an activity trip, if the schoolbus is lawfully stopped or parked. (2) Where the schoolbus is disabled due to mechanical breakdown. (3) Where a pupil requires physical assistance from the driver or authorized attendant to board or leave the schoolbus and providing the assistance extends the length of time the schoolbus is stopped beyond the time required to load or unload a pupil that does not require physical assistance. (4) Where the roadway surface on which the bus is stopped is partially or completely covered by snow or ice and requiring traffic to stop would pose a safety hazard as determined by the schoolbus motor carrier. (5) On a state highway with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour or higher where the schoolbus is completely off the main traveled portion of the highway. (6) Any location determined by a school district or a private school, with the approval of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to present a traffic or safety hazard.
400
When draining tanks separately on a dual air brakes system you are checking this Valve
What is a two way check valve?
500
Responsible for conducting hearings on request for drivers and applicants whose certificate to drive has been denied, suspended, or revoked.
What is DMV
500

The driver of a school bus, youth bus, or SPAB shall not eject any school pupil unless the pupil is given into the custody of ______________________________.

What is a parent or any person designated by the parent or school.

500

The three rings of the safety circle

What is recognition, action, accident?

500

The four required mirrors on a school bus

What are Left or Right Cross view, Left Flat, Right Flat, and Interior Flat mirrors.

500
The minimum governor cut in air pressure and the maximum cut out air pressures for a school bus with a dual air brake system.
What is 85 and 130?