School Bus Pre Trip Inspection Cheat Sheet 2008-2024 Form

The reason for this is that school buses are classified as commercial vehicles. In many cases, the buses are operated under contract to a school district by a private service provider. That essentially means that the bus is being operated for hire. The purpose of the pre-trip inspection is to identify any potential unsafe conditions and determine whether the vehicle being inspected is safe to operate. Some items are not safety critical and other are. If a safety critical item is not working, the vehicle cannot be operated. You wouldn't want children riding a bus that was not safe to operate, would you?

In the UK the standard procedure once you get to your bus is;Turn engine on (to build air pressure and warm engine somewhat)Turn hazard lights and headlights on (for safety and to ensure all indicators and lights work during your walk round checks)Check outside of the bus in the correct order (walk round checks are detailed enough to write another post about)Check inside passenger area/drivers cabFill out any relevant paperwork (such as a defect card)Once all of this is complete, assuming there are no questionable or major defects then you are done and it is now time to drive out of the depot.The entire process for a new driver will take roughly 15 mins but can be done by more experienced drivers in just over 5 mins. A good driver, no matter if they have been a driver for 4 weeks or 40 years will always allow at least 10 mins before they are due to leave. This is simply to minimise any delay due to a major defect that would mean swapping buses or a minor one meaning something needs fixed before they leave (such as a loose mirror etc).

Departments of education and school districts always have to make decisions about what to include in their curriculum.  There are a lot of life skills that people need that aren't taught in school.  The question is should those skills be taught in schools?I teach high school, so I'll talk about that.  The typical high school curriculum is supposed to give students a broad-based education that prepares them to be citizens in a democracy and to be able to think critically.  For a democracy to work, we need educated, discerning citizens with the ability to make good decisions based on evidence and objective thought.  In theory, people who are well informed about history, culture, science, mathematics, etc., and are capable of critical, unbiased thinking, will have the tools to participate in a democracy and make good decisions for themselves and for society at large.  In addition to that, they should be learning how to be learners, how to do effective, basic research, and collaborate with other people.  If that happens, figuring out how to do procedural tasks in real life should not provide much of a challenge.  We can't possibly teach every necessary life skill people need, but we can help students become better at knowing how to acquire the skills they need.  Should we teach them how to change a tire when they can easily consult a book or search the internet to find step by step instructions for that?  Should we teach them how to balance a check book or teach them how to think mathematically and make sense of problems so that the simple task of balancing a check book (which requires simple arithmetic and the ability to enter numbers and words in columns and rows in obvious ways) is easy for them to figure out.  If we teach them to be good at critical thinking and have some problem solving skills they will be able to apply those overarching skills to all sorts of every day tasks that shouldn't be difficult for someone with decent cognitive ability  to figure out.  It's analogous to asking why a culinary school didn't teach its students the steps and ingredients to a specific recipe.  The school taught them about more general food preparation and food science skills so that they can figure out how to make a lot of specific recipes without much trouble.  They're also able to create their own recipes.So, do we want citizens with very specific skill sets that they need to get through day to day life or do we want citizens with critical thinking, problem solving, and other overarching cognitive skills that will allow them to easily acquire ANY simple, procedural skill they may come to need at any point in their lives?

There are least 30 things to checkHead guardHandrailRadioRear view mirrorSun visorDrivers seat beltDrivers door ( if one)Fire extinguisherFirst aid kit3 CHP approved reflectorsModesty panelsSeatsSeat beltsWindows ( cracked or broken )Dome lightsVents free from debrisEmergency door exitBottom of the seatsGaugesHeadlightsAir condionterClear ventsHot and cold airBrakesGearsHazard lightsCheck for your mirrors outside while sitting in the drivers seat.Low beans, high beamsDefrosterHorn