MT CDL School Bus case studies

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

The Montana school bus endorsement (S) is added to a Class B or Class C commercial driver license and authorizes you to drive a school bus carrying students. It is for drivers who already hold - or are working toward - a CDL and who will operate a district, contractor, or activity bus. The MT CDL School Bus case studies are 5 cases and about 5,596 words.

Bus 47: Four Findings, One Departure Time

on a January morning the temperature is 18°F and light snow is falling. You are assigned bus 47, a 2016 conventional with air brakes and a wheelchair lift, for a 90-minute middle-school route with 38 students at 14 stops.

1,095 words, about 5 min 2

The 2:55 Stop: A Truck That Isn't Stopping

you stop a 40-foot school bus on a two-lane road posted at 45 mph. Seven K-2 students step off.

1,158 words, about 6 min 3

Standing in the Aisle on a Four-Lane Road

You are driving 44 middle-school students on an afternoon route along a four-lane divided arterial with a 40 mph limit and heavy commuter traffic. Two eighth graders in seat 9 start shouting; one of them, close to six feet tall, stands in the aisle, pulls a vape pen from his pocket, and tells a smaller student in seat 10 that he will "get him at the stop." Six students around them are filming on phones.

1,105 words, about 6 min 4

Acrid Smoke, 22 Students, and a Ditch Behind the Rear Door

on a rural two-lane road posted at 55 mph you smell acrid electrical smoke and see wisps rising from behind the instrument panel of your 84-passenger bus. Aboard are 22 students in grades 3 through 8, including one student who uses a manual wheelchair and can transfer with assistance, and one student with autism who covers his ears and rocks when routines change.

1,135 words, about 6 min 5

Backed-Up Traffic at a Passive Crossing

You are driving a 40-foot bus with 36 high school students on a two-lane road posted at 50 mph, approaching a passive railroad crossing with a crossbuck only - no gates, no lights. The tracks cross at roughly a 45-degree angle, and a warehouse fence on the left limits your view down the track to about 250 feet.

1,103 words, about 6 min