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Prohibited Practices and Brake-Door Interlocks

Prohibited Practices and Brake-Door Interlocks covers what a bus driver must never do, and how a brake-door interlock system works, drawn from 49 CFR 383.117(a)(6) and 392.63.

Practice Prohibited Practices and Brake-Door Interlocks

4 Questions

  1. A bus with passengers aboard breaks down. Under federal regulation, may it be towed or pushed?
  2. What does passenger-vehicle guidance say about fueling a bus with riders on board?
  3. Among the prohibited practices for a bus driver, what does passenger-vehicle guidance say about talking with riders?
  4. Some urban mass transit coaches are fitted with a brake and accelerator interlock. What does it do, and how should a driver treat it?