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Loading and Trip Start

Loading and Trip Start covers the pre-departure checks required before moving a passenger vehicle, drawn from 49 CFR 383.117(a)(1), 392.62(c), and 393.90, the hazmat-carrying-passengers rule at 177.870, and standard driver-training practices such as announcing stops.

Practice Loading and Trip Start

5 Questions

  1. Federal regulation bars driving a bus unless baggage or freight aboard is stowed and secured to assure three specific things. What are they?
  2. What is a standee line on a bus, and where does it fall?
  3. Under federal regulation, what may a vehicle carrying passengers for hire transport in the way of hazardous materials?
  4. For the hazardous materials other than Class 1 explosives that a passenger-carrying vehicle is permitted to carry, what quantity ceilings does federal regulation set?
  5. On arriving at a destination or an intermediate stop, what should a bus driver announce to riders?