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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
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 '
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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