Passenger Safety Flashcards
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A school bus overturns onto its side. Students are conscious and the bus is not on fire. What should the driver do first?
Answer: Assess the situation for immediate hazards, calm students, check for injuries, and evacuate only if staying in the bus is more dangerous
After a rollover, the driver must quickly assess for immediate hazards (fire, fuel smell, traffic), calm students, check injuries, and determine whether to evacuate or stay.
What is the purpose of the school bus 'black box' or event data recorder (EDR), and how does it relate to passenger safety?
Answer: It records vehicle speed, braking, and other operational data that can be reviewed after accidents to improve safety and verify driver compliance
The EDR records operational data like speed, braking, and hard acceleration events, which is used for accident analysis and driver performance review to improve safety.
A student has their arm out the school bus window. Why is this a serious safety concern, and how should the driver respond?
Answer: It is a serious hazard — the student's arm could be struck by oncoming vehicles or objects, causing severe injury — the driver must immediately direct the student to remove their arm
Limbs outside the bus can be struck by oncoming vehicles, signs, poles, and other objects at high speed, causing immediate severe or fatal injury — the driver must address it immediately.
What is the purpose of conducting a student headcount before departing each stop during a route?
Answer: To verify no student was left at the stop or that no unauthorized student has boarded
Headcounts verify all expected students have boarded and no unauthorized persons have entered the bus at each stop.
Why should a school bus driver avoid abrupt or hard braking except in emergencies?
Answer: Abrupt braking can cause seated students to impact seat backs, cause standing students to fall, and destabilize the vehicle
Hard braking can propel seated students into seat backs causing injuries, cause standing students to fall, and in extreme cases destabilize a heavily loaded bus.
What specific equipment on a school bus helps protect students in a side-impact collision?
Answer: The padded seat backs and the height of the seat — serving as barriers between students and the impacted wall
The high padded seat backs and seat height serve as barriers that absorb and redirect side-impact forces away from student occupants.