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On the Road

On the Road covers the driving practices required of a passenger-carrying CDL holder, drawn from 49 CFR 383.117(a)(3) through (6).

Practice On the Road

5 Questions

  1. Why does passenger-vehicle guidance call for starting and stopping a bus as smoothly as possible, and for waiting before pulling away from a stop?
  2. A rider becomes intoxicated and disruptive during a run. What does passenger-vehicle guidance say about putting that rider off the bus?
  3. No federal regulation sets a drawbridge procedure for commercial drivers; the practice comes from the CDL manual and from state law. What does that practice call for a bus driver to do at a drawbridge?
  4. Approaching a railroad-highway grade crossing in a bus, what does passenger-vehicle guidance add to looking and listening for a train in both directions?
  5. Pulling away from a bus stop is a common setting for bus accidents. What is the specific hazard passenger-vehicle guidance warns about?