Pre-Trips
What do you inspect to make sure that all are present and free of cracks and distortions and show no signs of looseness such as rust trails and shiny threads?
What is lug nuts
What is the most dangerous part of the school bus ride?
What is loading/unloading
At MISD, when are three times when a bus driver will deploy your students loading and unloading lights and stop signs?
What is
1: At a student stop (loading)
2: At a student stop (unloading)
3: At schools loading and unloading students.
While driving and coming to a stop behind another vehicle what should be the distance between your bus and the vehicle in front of you?
What is You should be able to see the tires touching the ground of the vehicle in front of you.
One technique to avoid a collision is to follow the four R's which stands for?
What is
Read-Read the road ahead
Right-Drive to the right
Reduce-Reduce speed
Resort-Resort to the right shoulder when needed
What are the three-brake test required for you cdl test?
What is
Air Brake
Parking Brake
Service Brake
How does your attitude/appearance affect the students/coworkers?
What is negatively/positively. Attitude affects behavior
Following distance required when driving a school bus.
Overhead inside mirror is used for?
What is monitoring students
When is it ok to pass a bus that is parked in the bus line at a school campus?
What is when their hazards are on
Legally, how many times do you pre trip and post trip your bus?
What is every time you drive your bus
Are personal cell phones allowed while operating a school bus?
What is NO!!!
The blind spot behind the bus could extend to how many feet?
What is 400 feet
What is the length of a C2 school bus?
What is 39 ft.
How far away do you stop from the RR tracks?
What is 15 to 50 ft.
What should be clean with no dirt, illegal stickers, obstructions or damages to the glass?
What is windshield and mirrors
What does I-P-D-E stand for?
What is Identify-Predict-Decide-Execute
How many spare fuses do we carry on our buses?
What is 0
Explain what to do if your school bus is stalled on a track at a RR Crossing?
What is driver should evacuate the bus and move students away from the tracks on the angle toward the oncoming train.
How long does it take a train of 150 freight cars going 50MPH to stop?
What is 1.5 miles
1) When beginning an air brake test what does your air pressure (PSI) need to be?
What is Between 120-140 psi and/or at governor cutoff.
How many feet around a school bus make up the "danger zone" where the driver may have limited visibility?
What is 10 feet around the bus
How many pushrods and slack adjusters does an air disc brake bus have?
What is zero
How many reflectors does a C2 bus have?
What is 8
When preforming a front door evacuations, what passengers do you start with?
What is the right front seat