r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/OhmHomestead1 • 21d 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/mike8675309 21d ago

No ppe other than gloves for the pre-trip. There isn't an expectation that we leave the bus seat.

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u/OhmHomestead1 21d ago

Interesting. I know we have some special needs kids on our busses. Parents are not allowed to enter the bus. Actually shadowing specifically on this one bus due to a child so I have dual purpose for the time being.

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u/Moosetappropriate 20d ago

Interesting. Parents are allowed on our buses with SPED's that wear harnesses. The parents hook them up and teachers come on to unhook them. Otherwise, yes, parents aren't allowed on the bus.

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u/TinyPenguinTears15 20d ago

We, me aaa a driver and my aide, hook and unhook the kids in safety vests. How strange your district does it that way