KY CDL School Bus case studies

KY CDL School Bus · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Kentucky CDL School Bus (S) endorsement is the credential a commercial driver needs to legally operate a school bus transporting students in Kentucky. It attaches to a base CDL and is used by district bus drivers, contracted operators, activity and athletic trip drivers, and substitute drivers. The KY CDL School Bus case studies are 5 cases and about 3,244 words.

Wet Stop, a Closing Pickup, and a Parent on the Far Shoulder

Bus 42 is 0.6 mile from the end of its afternoon route on a straight two-lane rural road posted 45 mph. There are no sidewalks, ditches on both shoulders, and a hill crest about 400 feet behind the bus.

658 words, about 3 min 2

Student Out of Seat on a Four-Lane Arterial

Bus 18 is 14 minutes behind schedule on the afternoon middle-school run with 47 students aboard. A 14-year-old has been out of his seat for four stops, has ignored three verbal directions, and has just thrown a pencil that struck another student in the back of the head.

643 words, about 3 min 3

Passive Crossing, Low Sun, and a Train Horn

Bus 9 is carrying 22 seventh-graders on a field trip. You approach a passive crossing - crossbuck and stop sign, no gates, no lights - where a single track crosses a two-lane road at a slight hump.

648 words, about 3 min 4

Smoke in the Cab with a Wheelchair Student Aboard

Bus 31, a 72-passenger conventional bus, is 2 miles from the middle school with 38 students aboard when you smell hot oil and see light gray smoke drifting from the defroster vents and around the steering column. on a two-lane road posted 55 mph, with a guardrail on the left, an open field on the right, and a gravel driveway about 200 feet ahead on the right.

622 words, about 3 min 5

Cold-Morning Pre-Trip: What Keeps the Bus Parked

You are doing the pre-trip on Bus 27, a 78-passenger conventional bus assigned to the elementary run, which leaves in 25 minutes. With the engine off and the system at 100 psi you run the air-brake check, and the low-air warning buzzer first sounds at about 55 psi.

673 words, about 3 min