Page 11 - Driving Commercial Vehicles Manual

Operating a school bus ............................................................................... 125
Unfit vehicles .............................................................................................. 125
Rental buses ............................................................................................... 125
Brake maintenance ..................................................................................... 125
Mechanical defects ..................................................................................... 125
Refuelling .................................................................................................... 126
Emergency equipment and exits ............................................................... 126
School bus signs ......................................................................................... 126
Exterior mirrors .......................................................................................... 126
Passengers must be seated ....................................................................... 126
Cleanliness .................................................................................................. 127
Taking on and letting off passengers ......................................................... 127
Operating emergency vehicles ................................................................... 127
Review questions .......................................................................................... 129

Chapter 7: hours of service requirements .................................................. 131
What you’ll learn........................................................................................... 131
National Safety Code ................................................................................... 131
Hours of service ........................................................................................... 131
On-duty time .............................................................................................. 132
Off-duty time ............................................................................................. 132
Day .............................................................................................................. 132
Daily limits — a simple three-point check for compliance ....................... 133
Work shift .................................................................................................... 133
Daily hours (cycles) ..................................................................................... 133
Driver has ‘deferred’ two hours from Day 1 to Day 2 .............................. 134
Deferring off-duty time ............................................................................... 134
Reset provision ........................................................................................... 134
Sleeper berth .............................................................................................. 134
Personal use exemption ............................................................................. 136
Logbooks ....................................................................................................... 136
Sample logbook ......................................................................................... 137
Drivers operating within 160 km of home terminal ................................... 138
Other jurisdictions ........................................................................................ 138
Driving north of the 60th parallel .............................................................. 138
Driving into the U.S. .................................................................................. 139
Review questions .......................................................................................... 140

Chapter 8: air brakes .................................................................................... 141
What you’ll learn........................................................................................... 141
Why air brakes? ........................................................................................... 141
What’s compressed air? .............................................................................. 141

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