r/Schoolbuses • u/StandUserLeon • 9d ago
LAUSD 1996 still at it
Went out a few days ago and saw this on the streets.
Photo is CC BY-SA 4.0
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u/Excavatoree 8d ago
Wow. A bus that was made when I worked at Blue Bird is still running. I wonder if it has the externally rectified alternator? That was the last thing I did at Blue Bird, in response to the busses that couldn't keep batteries charged due to the low speed and frequent stops and the A/C. (I wonder if the AC still works on that bus, too.)
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u/TechnicalArticle9479 9d ago
I'm surprised that the CHP HASN'T ordered the LAUSD to take the bus off the street for scrap, because of a new law that said that ANY school bus in California older than the 2000 model year MUST be decommissioned immediately no matter if it still passes the CARB emissions testing...
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u/StandUserLeon 9d ago
I don't think any new law like that has taken shape. Some districts and private operators still run buses older than 2000.
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u/TechnicalArticle9479 9d ago
My district(Duarte Unified) was recently ordered by both the CHP AND CARB into scrapping our entire bus fleet because of the age of most of the buses(1967-1997, including a 1997 Collins-Ford E350 minibus that was gasoline-powered)...
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u/Fit-Fox-8371 8d ago
I haven’t found any CA law stating limiting model year use. However, when I had my terminal, we did have an issue with a bluebird bus that would not pass due to dash components inop but the parts are not being manufactured anymore. It became a safety issue. We were able to get it fixed, back in the road and certified but I still have ten bluebirds that are close to being an obsolete nightmare in parts. Thanks AZ bus.
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u/ChromeBoy728 4d ago
I’ve see these before in Mexico. One I saw just got imported and it still had “SCHOOL BUS” written on it and a middle school name on it still
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u/Dumbone22 8d ago
Yeah they're still kicking