BUT, always remember, no matter how carful you are, or the circumstances, if you have a problem, the bus company will blame the driver NO MATTER WHAT !
Honestly, this is the best video I've ever seen showing us how to turn right while watching the curb. When you see the U curb, that's when you should start turning.
I just got my CDL last week, and the district I’ll be driving for has all blue birds. I trained on a transit, and I will say, thanks to your videos, they helped me so much while I was training, and when I took my drive test!
Yeah you!! Congratulations on a successful test outcome! I’m thrilled to learn the videos were helpful for you! Now the real fun begins! The kids make this vocation so very special. Welcome to the wonderful, always an adventure, crazy wild ride of school bus driving. Enjoy the journey, I know certainly have!
When I was a kid in high school we had one of those rear engine buses and that thing was massive! I don’t know how our driver was able to maneuver such a behemoth bus on some of the more narrow streets by our school, I can’t remember the make/model of the bus I don’t think it was a bluebird but I recall it had a white top, 2 stop signals on it, I believe it had two of those white flashing strobe lights on the top and whenever she engaged the yellow lights the control box would make a beep sound indicating the lights had engaged, it was very comfortable seating I kind of miss riding on that bus 🤣
Another excellent video, we are going to the obstacle course next week 😀. I call it the gauntlet lol. My trainer has told me also that if you hit the curb its an automatic failure. Here in Colorado anyway🤷
You are exactly right, Paul. Hitting a curb during the driving portion of the road test is an automatic failure. in Ohio, as well. Take your turns slow, keep your steering wheel straight, until you are ready to turn, and watch your mirrors. Going slow will allow you the opportunity to correct any problems that might arise. The hip reference is another good tip. I probably sound like a broken record…😉
I loved this thanks a lot. My dream job is to be an Owner/Operator school bus driver!!!! It’s been my dream for the past 10 years!! I’m 17 now and in TN i still have to Waite awhile. It also helped because not only do I prefer transit school busses but my favorite bus is the BlueBird All American!!
I love your dream, Isiah! ! If you believe it, you’ll definitely achieve it , go for it! BlueBird makes a wonderful bus, they maneuver so well! Thanks for the comment and feedback!
When I worked at Transit I used to drive an articulated bus, the double bus, or the accordion bus. Driving those were easier than driving these because all you were turning was 33ft, and the rest of the bus followed you, whereas the regular bus or one of these you are turning all 40 or 45ft. Nice video I do sometimes miss driving the bus.
Maybe do another video some time, showing how to fix a turn that was started too early or too late. It took me a while to figure it out - no-one taught it to me or my fellow students, but it's such a simple fix, and it's a shame when new people have to figure it out on their own.
You do have to take into consideration what brand of bus it is I know on the Thomas bug eye ones the mirror stick way out with like the older types of you're driving those or if you're driving a IC or bluebird or any of the other major brands of school buses. This is a very well put together video thank you for the time and effort you put into making the video
@@SchoolBusSass you're welcome I speak from experience. One of my former trainers and bus drivers would let me hang around when she was training new drivers. So I know a lot of the ins and outs of pre-trip and post trip inspections along with the different features of the different types of buses. where are you based out of? I'm trying to get back into school busing does your organization have any openings?
One of our trainers won the Rodeo Drive driving a transit. Ours are front engine. I don't particularly like them the way they track on the road versus a regular bus.I got stuck in one after 6 days on as a newly trained driver, because they called my bus in for inspection.. after my last stop the next day it developed a bad oil leak.. I'm glad to have an IC spare brought to me my the mechanics... though only temporarily
I love my RE, Bluebird… it’s quiet and such a smooth ride! But, I get it…each driver has their own opinion and preferences… I hope you end up with the type of bus you love. All the best to you…
@@SchoolBusSass I work for north Ridgeville and olmsted falls the all americans are the best! Also your training videos are spot on! Love what your doing!!!
It'd be nice if you did the push-pull instead of the hand-over-hand. The push-pull is safer. Oh, and 10 and 2 is the old way; nowadays (and for many years now) the safest hand position is 9 and 3. Other than all that, great video.
Hi Mike, It will largely depend on the angle of the turn. Some right hand corner turns have a more gradual bus friendly turn radius. That being said, some do not. You may have to wait until the oncoming traffic lane is clear, if you know the turn will be tight. The standard curb radii is 10-15 feet, though many cities have curb radii as small as 2 feet. This will directly impact how you will make your turn.
Do they same tips apply for a transit that’s a little shorter than an 84 passenger? The school district I’m from the busses aren’t that long. Wanting to get my class B CDL
Yeah at 4:03 i would've gotten in trouble because we are taught to stop before the stop sign. If their is a line in front of the stop sign you gotta stop at that line.
I drive a flat nose and my engines in the front kind of under the floor but anyway I think it’s easier to turn this bus… I was trained in a safT liner conventional but adapted in seconds
The same as a conventional school bus. It’s very important when driving a transit to have your students walk at least 10 big steps forward of the bus before crossing.
czcams.com/video/-FWA2iLNo40/video.html Also, check out this video at the 6:00 mark. The crossover speech is given by the driver, then repeated as the children are crossing. Let me know what you think.
If you start turning your wheels before you’re ready to make your right or left hand turn, it is far more likely you will cut the corner, jump the curb, or encroach in an alternate lane, either on coming or the incorrect lane. If you keep your steering wheel straight until you are ready to turn, it will make the entire maneuver easier to complete properly. I hope that written explanation makes sense. At the end of the video, there is a clip of the driver turning too soon. The result is quite obvious.
The “transit-style” school bus, is a body installed upon a chassis, with the engine mounted in the front, mid-ship, or rear with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10.000 pounds, and designed for carrying more than 10 persons. The engine is often behind the windshield and beside the driver’s seat (referred to as forward-engine or “FE”), or it may be at the rear of the bus, behind the rear wheels (rear-engine or “RE”). The entrance door is ahead of the front wheels... Where as the conventional bus, the body is installed upon a flat-back cowl chassis with gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. All of the engine is in front of the windshield and the entrance door is behind the front wheels.
I liked this video! But when you showed the curb jump, I feel showing from the outside of the bus at maybe 3 different angles would have been Very helpful. Entering the intersection, turning, than the right rear showing the wrong pivot point, and the Curb Jump. Otherwise I liked this video!
BUT, always remember, no matter how carful you are, or the circumstances, if you have a problem, the bus company will blame the driver NO MATTER WHAT !
Honestly, this is the best video I've ever seen showing us how to turn right while watching the curb. When you see the U curb, that's when you should start turning.
I just got my CDL last week, and the district I’ll be driving for has all blue birds. I trained on a transit, and I will say, thanks to your videos, they helped me so much while I was training, and when I took my drive test!
Yeah you!! Congratulations on a successful test outcome! I’m thrilled to learn the videos were helpful for you!
Now the real fun begins! The kids make this vocation so very special. Welcome to the wonderful, always an adventure, crazy wild ride of school bus driving. Enjoy the journey, I know certainly have!
Fantastic driving. Thanks so much for the great demonstration.
When I was a kid in high school we had one of those rear engine buses and that thing was massive! I don’t know how our driver was able to maneuver such a behemoth bus on some of the more narrow streets by our school, I can’t remember the make/model of the bus I don’t think it was a bluebird but I recall it had a white top, 2 stop signals on it, I believe it had two of those white flashing strobe lights on the top and whenever she engaged the yellow lights the control box would make a beep sound indicating the lights had engaged, it was very comfortable seating I kind of miss riding on that bus 🤣
It’s nice to learn you had fond memories riding the school bus. Was there a crossing gate on the front of the bus?
@@SchoolBusSass yes! It had a yellow cross gate in the front
I love rear engines. I hope to drive a Blue Bird some day
Thank You, your videos are very informative and helpful.
Best transit ever made
That's probably the best video our there, as a student bus driver I appreciate your videos
Appreciate that
Another excellent video, we are going to the obstacle course next week 😀. I call it the gauntlet lol. My trainer has told me also that if you hit the curb its an automatic failure. Here in Colorado anyway🤷
You are exactly right, Paul.
Hitting a curb during the driving portion of the road test is an automatic failure. in Ohio, as well.
Take your turns slow, keep your steering wheel straight, until you are ready to turn, and watch your mirrors. Going slow will allow you the opportunity to correct any problems that might arise. The hip reference is another good tip.
I probably sound like a broken record…😉
I loved this thanks a lot. My dream job is to be an Owner/Operator school bus driver!!!! It’s been my dream for the past 10 years!! I’m 17 now and in TN i still have to Waite awhile. It also helped because not only do I prefer transit school busses but my favorite bus is the BlueBird All American!!
I love your dream, Isiah! ! If you believe it, you’ll definitely achieve it , go for it! BlueBird makes a wonderful bus, they maneuver so well! Thanks for the comment and feedback!
@@SchoolBusSass thank you! Reading that put a big smile on my face!! 😊 thank you and your welcome ❤️😊
GREAT VIDEO!!
Thanks so much!
Excelente manejo por la tecnología del autobús felicitaciones...
Gracias!
When I worked at Transit I used to drive an articulated bus, the double bus, or the accordion bus. Driving those were easier than driving these because all you were turning was 33ft, and the rest of the bus followed you, whereas the regular bus or one of these you are turning all 40 or 45ft. Nice video I do sometimes miss driving the bus.
I have always wondered what it was like to drive the articulated bus! Thanks so much for your comment and feedback! I love my 84 psgr transit! :)
How do you get on your turn on your best and you’re just so good😊😊
Maybe do another video some time, showing how to fix a turn that was started too early or too late. It took me a while to figure it out - no-one taught it to me or my fellow students, but it's such a simple fix, and it's a shame when new people have to figure it out on their own.
I teach this method to all of my students… thanks for the suggestion on turns, Lisa… I will see what I can do to make that happen .
You do have to take into consideration what brand of bus it is I know on the Thomas bug eye ones the mirror stick way out with like the older types of you're driving those or if you're driving a IC or bluebird or any of the other major brands of school buses. This is a very well put together video thank you for the time and effort you put into making the video
Thanks for your comment and feedback! Both are greatly appreciated!
@@SchoolBusSass you're welcome I speak from experience. One of my former trainers and bus drivers would let me hang around when she was training new drivers. So I know a lot of the ins and outs of pre-trip and post trip inspections along with the different features of the different types of buses. where are you based out of? I'm trying to get back into school busing does your organization have any openings?
One of our trainers won the Rodeo Drive driving a transit. Ours are front engine. I don't particularly like them the way they track on the road versus a regular bus.I got stuck in one after 6 days on as a newly trained driver, because they called my bus in for inspection.. after my last stop the next day it developed a bad oil leak.. I'm glad to have an IC spare brought to me my the mechanics... though only temporarily
I love my RE, Bluebird… it’s quiet and such a smooth ride! But, I get it…each driver has their own opinion and preferences… I hope you end up with the type of bus you love. All the best to you…
i was on a bus with about 110 people on board in NYC in traffic, some drivers are crazy talented
Some drivers have some mad skilz behind that wheel! Thanks for noticing!!!
@@SchoolBusSass yeah. me and my friends respect bus drivers, its the career i want
This has been my all time favorite job, vocation, really. 21 years and counting.
Love what I do!!!
You have some nice buses!
My bosses will be thrilled you noticed, thank you!
@@SchoolBusSass I work for north Ridgeville and olmsted falls the all americans are the best! Also your training videos are spot on! Love what your doing!!!
I first started driving in your neck of the woods...
In Aurora. Thanks for the kind feedback!
Nice Work
Thanks, Steam Train! 😁
It'd be nice if you did the push-pull instead of the hand-over-hand. The push-pull is safer. Oh, and 10 and 2 is the old way; nowadays (and for many years now) the safest hand position is 9 and 3. Other than all that, great video.
Thanks… push pull and hand over hand are both accepted for any test site in Ohio. And yes, 9-3 is the correct hand positions .
I Think My Favorite Type Of School Bus Is The Conventional IC CE. I Use That Type Of Bus To & From School.
It’s a great bus, I like them too.
Hi 👋
So if a vehicle was there while she turning on the oncoming lane would she have to do a hook turn?
Hi Mike, It will largely depend on the angle of the turn. Some right hand corner turns have a more gradual bus friendly turn radius. That being said, some do not. You may have to wait until the oncoming traffic lane is clear, if you know the turn will be tight. The standard curb radii is 10-15 feet, though many cities have curb radii as small as 2 feet. This will directly impact how you will make your turn.
Thank u
You’re welcome 😊
Do they same tips apply for a transit that’s a little shorter than an 84 passenger? The school district I’m from the busses aren’t that long. Wanting to get my class B CDL
It will be very similar…
Easier to complete because the wheel base is shorter than the 84psgr.
Yeah at 4:03 i would've gotten in trouble because we are taught to stop before the stop sign. If their is a line in front of the stop sign you gotta stop at that line.
Do you guys have bluebird visions in your fleet
We have a half a dozen Bluebird vision busses. I believe they will be retiring at the end of the next school year.
Please do a video on super tight turns with cars present. Thanks.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will see what I can do.
Do You Have Conventional Blue Bird Buses? ( Blue Bird Visions ) If So Can You Do A Pre Trip Inspection On It?
We have six Bluebird Vision conventional busses. I believe they are being retired at the end of the 2021/22 school year.
@@SchoolBusSass Can You Do A Pre Trip On It Maybe In A Few Months Or Next Year?
I’ll see what I can do.
I drive a flat nose and my engines in the front kind of under the floor but anyway I think it’s easier to turn this bus… I was trained in a safT liner conventional but adapted in seconds
I agree
Going to get my cdl
Yeah! You’ll be able to find a job right away!!!
How do you do your cross over speeches like this?
The same as a conventional school bus.
It’s very important when driving a transit to have your students walk at least 10 big steps forward of the bus before crossing.
@@SchoolBusSass Can you do a tutorial on the crossover speech and how to do it?
czcams.com/video/EUpTm_z3Vxg/video.html
Check out this one, and let me know what you think.
czcams.com/video/-FWA2iLNo40/video.html
Also, check out this video at the 6:00 mark. The crossover speech is given by the driver, then repeated as the children are crossing. Let me know what you think.
2:02 How Will This Make Completing Your Turn Easier?
If you start turning your wheels before you’re ready to make your right or left hand turn, it is far more likely you will cut the corner, jump the curb, or encroach in an alternate lane, either on coming or the incorrect lane. If you keep your steering wheel straight until you are ready to turn, it will make the entire maneuver easier to complete properly.
I hope that written explanation makes sense. At the end of the video, there is a clip of the driver turning too soon. The result is quite obvious.
@@SchoolBusSass Yes!
What about double lane right turns
I’ll be working on that once we finish our in service. 😁
Why Are These School Buses Called “Transits?” If They Do The Same As Conventionals?
The “transit-style” school bus, is a body installed upon a chassis, with the engine mounted in the front, mid-ship, or rear with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10.000 pounds, and designed for carrying more than 10 persons. The engine is often behind the windshield and beside the driver’s seat (referred to as forward-engine or “FE”), or it may be at the rear of the bus, behind the rear wheels (rear-engine or “RE”). The entrance door is ahead of the front wheels...
Where as the conventional bus, the body is installed upon a flat-back cowl chassis with gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. All of the engine is in front of the windshield and the entrance door is behind the front wheels.
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I liked this video! But when you showed the curb jump, I feel showing from the outside of the bus at maybe 3 different angles would have been Very helpful. Entering the intersection, turning, than the right rear showing the wrong pivot point, and the Curb Jump. Otherwise I liked this video!
Kalani, I think that is a terrific suggestion and will work on showing those vantage points.
@@SchoolBusSass Hey, Thanks
I’m going to steal your bus