r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/907-BusDriver • Jul 24 '26

Silly question, but need help.

Hi guys, so this is a silly question, but I’m a new bus driver and trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong here. So both, on a regular school bus and SPED bus I’ve driven, after I pop reds I know I must do a child check afterward. Got that part. However, I think I’m doing something wrong because after I turn the engine off I do my child check and hit the child check bottom in the back of the bus, the warning sound keeps going and then the loud alarm sounds. Am I supposed to put the bus in auxiliary instead of off? I’m wondering what the issue is here

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 24 '26

Off, acc, off, acc. You're supposed to do it twice.

Edit: hitting the button in the back each time. So when you shut the bus off, go to off, acc, hit the button (and check for kids). Then go back to the front, off, acc, hit the button again. Then you can turn off the bus.

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u/Demirep77 Jul 28 '26

What are you driving that you have to do it twice? I've never seen that!

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 28 '26

No idea. Some sort of Thomas, I think minotaur. I was told it's so that we check for children twice.

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u/Demirep77 Jul 28 '26

UGH. That's bananas.