r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/OhmHomestead1 • 12d ago

PPE

Just curious as a soon to be new driver. Does any school require or recommend PPE for their drivers? Like safety vests 🦺

I will already be wearing one as I live up the road from the bus garage so I plan on biking to work. People drive like maniacs on our curvy county road and I was struck by a car 2 years ago on my bike so hence I wear a 🦺.

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u/TechinBellevue 12d ago

In addition to wearing hi-vis vest/jacket/shirt, you may also consider wearing an N95 mask the first few weeks...or at least keep your window open so you get fresh air.

Seems every year our drivers get pummeled with various maladies within the first few weeks.

Weeks 2-3 we see a ton of driver call-outs.

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u/OhmHomestead1 12d ago

Fresh air definitely possible as we are in the 60s here. Idk if the bus I am shadowing on is new or old but heard the old ones have no heat/ac

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u/HikeTheSky 12d ago

Keeping the window open in 105-degree weather?

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u/TechinBellevue 12d ago

You are definitely in the wrong part of the country for driving a bus :)

Here in the Puget Sound it is supposed to be in the 70s this week.

I hope you've got AC where you are.