How safe are school buses

[CountryRider]

Last month one morning our bus came to pick me up and when backing up the front driver side tire came off. "SHE" didn't know what to do... So luckly it was in front of my place so i fired up my truck and went to school... Anyways... I came back after school and our bus was still there on a jack... Other buses came and tried passing by and well... 1 bus got stuck... So they called in another bus to pull it out and that bus got stuck... Then another bus came to pull the bus that was pulling the initial bus that got stuck... UM HERES THE PICS.

 

[Longhorn]

Interesting, but doesnt have a thing to do with school bus safety as your title indicates...just sayin

 

[Pinner]

I've always thought it was odd to load a bus with children, and get someone that often times has very little to no commercial driving experience to drive...

 

[CountryRider]

Interesting, but doesnt have a thing to do with school bus safety as your title indicates...just sayin

all started with the tire man... It fell off backing up... imagine if we where going 100km/h....

 

[Longhorn]

all started with the tire man... It fell off backing up... imagine if we where going 100km/h....

Awww heck, centrifugal force would have kept it on LOL

 

[teeroy]

front driver's side WHEEL came off, not just the tire. looks like the wheel bearing went....an experienced driver should have felt it as the bus surely would have been pulling to one side when the bearing went. it was gone long before the wheel fell off.

 

[polarice]

Awww heck, centrifugal force would have kept it on LOL

wonder who did the safety on that

 

[2 RIDGEBACKS]

I've always thought it was odd to load a bus with children, and get someone that often times has very little to no commercial driving experience to drive...

I agree with you i have little respect for school bus drivers they drive like knobheads

 

[teeroy]

wonder who did the safety on that

do buses require a CVIP more than once a year? at any rate, the driver should have noticed on his/her daily pre trip inspection, wheel would have been tipped in at the top.

 

[polarice]

do buses require a CVIP more than once a year? at any rate, the driver should have noticed on his/her daily pre trip inspection, wheel would have been tipped in at the top.

school buses are done twice a year jan -feb and july-august ... wheels come off and bearings repacked and brake measurements done

 

[CountryRider]

front driver's side WHEEL came off, not just the tire. looks like the wheel bearing went....an experienced driver should have felt it as the bus surely would have been pulling to one side when the bearing went. it was gone long before the wheel fell off.

Listen its not complicated man... It was a women...

 

[scotts]

Do they have to demonstrate a maintence program, document daily inspections and maintain driver logs like the commercial fleets??

 

[teeroy]

Listen its not complicated man... It was a women...

women is plural, woman is singular....

 

[Longhorn]

Do they have to demonstrate a maintence program, document daily inspections and maintain driver logs like the commercial fleets??

Ours here do...but from what I hear, its not the drivers, there is a matinenece dude that checks them over before they leave each day...that is here anyway

 

[CountryRider]

Do they have to demonstrate a maintence program, document daily inspections and maintain driver logs like the commercial fleets??

idk but the day before they took it in for work... and if you look closely you can see a new bolt... Idk if you can see it but the head of the bolt was all chewed up.

 

[Trashy]

Do they have to demonstrate a maintence program, document daily inspections and maintain driver logs like the commercial fleets??

You would think they would??? But I do put 5000k a month on my company p/up & have NEVER seen a school bus pulled over by D.O.T. Let alone.... I have never seen a bus barn for yellow buses either

 

[Longhorn]

Listen its not complicated man... It was a women...

Easy there...there are some women (some on this site) that will outdrive many men...

 

[CountryRider]

Easy there...there are some women (some on this site) that will outdrive many men...

True true... i wont argue with tht.... but this women isnt on this site... She barely knew what quote " the knobe thing was"... (the choke) lol

 

[polarice]

Do they have to demonstrate a maintence program, document daily inspections and maintain driver logs like the commercial fleets??

not that i know of unless things have changed

 

[teeroy]

True true... i wont argue with tht.... but this women isnt on this site... She barely knew what quote " the knobe thing was"... (the choke) lol

WOMAN....looks like you got a few years of bus riding ahead you still