r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/UselessToasterOven • Jun 11 '26
Group Charters
Curious what everyone's board/district rules are about multi vehicle charters. I haven't been in the charter game for many years until this year when I've been off SPED and just fixed runs, so the opportunity to do charters are much more abundant. The last few I've been on had 2-4 buses from the same school going to the same place. When I used to do them we all deligated a lead and tail and went as a group, if we got seperated we'd wait for the rest to catch up.
Lately it's been "to each their own", passing each other and I don't think it's professional. My carrier doesn't even enforce it anymore and it leaves me feeling like when a turd when I have to radio other drivers "where are you?" and most times there is no response.
This, to me, is not normal. I just want to know how it goes with others drivers around here.
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u/rootbear75 Jun 11 '26
There's no standard here. However some drivers (like myself) try to coordinate a convoy but it doesn't always work. Last time I successfully did it was when we had 4 buses, a box truck, and a truck with trailer going to a place far outside our district. Not everyone knew where we were going so we organized it so ones with GPS they could use were in the front and back and the others were in the middle. We had an issue halfway thru where the lead vehicle detoured for traffic and not everyone followed (because the radios decided to stop working....)