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Disclaimer
I do not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information that I provide on this
page or the following pages.
I am currently attending my California Special
Driver Certificate renewal class.
On this page, and the following pages, I am making
available to you, the information that I learned in class, and or, found on my
own.
The following links are to tests I created from
either handouts that we were given in class, or from information I found in the CHP HPH 82.7
Test #1
Test #2
Test #3
Test #4
Test #5
Test #6
Test #7
Test #8
This link is to a graphic I made in an attempt to
demonstrate
Tail Swing
On this page, I try to describe the Danger Zone
around a school bus, and have created a graphic that show a perfect world
student loading
Danger Zone
The following table is a representation of some of
the information that was written on the white board in class
| School
Bus Drivers |
Forms |
Vehicle |
Departments |
| Age |
18 |
T01 |
State Form,
Training Certificate |
Inspections |
Before driving each day
and each vehicle driven |
CDE |
Approves
the training |
| License |
A or B with
' P ' & ' S '
endorsement |
DL51 |
Medical Report,
FAA, FHA |
Drivers |
|
CHP |
Testing & regulates
safe operation |
| Certificate |
Temporary from CHP
Permanent from DMV |
DL45 |
Cal. Special Driver
Certificate |
Mechanics |
Inspect every
3,000 miles or
45 days |
DMV |
Issues Permanent
Certificate /
hearing & action on
Special Certificate |
| First Aid Card |
Throughout term of
Special Certificate |
CHP292 |
Inspection Approval
Certificate |
CHP |
Inspection 292 |
DOJ |
Background
check |
| Training |
Delegate or
State Certified |
CHP295 |
Special Certificate
Application |
Documents |
CHP 292
Registration
Proof of Insurance |
FBI |
Background
check / 7 years
US residency |
| Who |
|
|
|
Emergency
Equipment |
First Aid
Fire Extinguisher
3 Reflectors |
FMVSS |
|
| Hours original |
40 |
|
|
Seating
Capacity |
CHP 292 |
|
|
| Hours renewal |
10 |
|
|
Head lights |
at all times
when in motion |
|
|
| Documentation |
T01, T02, T03 |
|
|
Ambers |
200 feet |
|
|
Drugs / Alcohol
test |
Random
Re employment
Reasonable suspicion
Post Accident |
|
|
Red
Crossover |
Loading &
Unloading |
|
|
Denial, susp.,
Revocation |
|
|
|
Side
Lamps |
500 feet |
|
|
| Cancellation |
|
|
|
Strobes |
500 feet |
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|
| Required # of units in a First Aid Kit |
| Number of Passengers |
Total Units |
| 1 - 16 |
10 |
| 17 - 42 |
16 |
| 43 or more |
24 |
The Safety Circle consists of
three rings. The widest being the zone of recognition, the middle ring being
the zone of action, and the inner ring is the accident zone.
IPDE = Identify
/ Predict /
Decide / Execute
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