Ask a School Bus Driver anything

1007 Questions

Last Answer on February 07, 2021

How many hours are you legally allowed to drive at a time?

Asked by Man over 6 years ago

I believe the federal law is 14 to 16 hours on the clock 8 hours mandatory off the clock. This is generally for truckers and other long haul drivers. School bus drivers don't usually have to adhere to that federal law.

Consider this. A trip might be 10 hours long but only involves 4 hours worth of drive time (drive there and back) the remaining 6 hours are the activity time for the group you took to the destination.

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Are school buss drivers allude to take a students phone away from them in Ohio

Asked by Elliot over 6 years ago

Yes if the phone is causing a distraction and it is school policy. The school bus is the extension of the classroom and is basically a mobile moving classroom. Do something stupid with your phone, lose the privilege of having it on the bus.

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I could have swore there was another bus driver on here at one time. Was there or have you always been the only one?

Asked by JJ about 6 years ago

I have no clue. I know I'm one of the only school bus driver threads?? I'm not entirely sure though.

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Hey, how are you able to do this? I mean when your off the clock don’t you just not want to focus on work or do you just answer questions before and after your job while your there? For real

Asked by Donn about 6 years ago

Some people don't know the inside scoop on what this job really is about. It takes just a few minutes to answer questions and generally people don't mind hearing answers.

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