As if the roads weren’t dangerous enough. Here we once again barreling down that familiar highway. This is just one of those topics that won’t quit. Can a public school district in the State of California use a 15 passenger van to transport students to and from school or school related activities. The short answer [...]
Vehicle code section 34520.3 handles this issue, but only for employees who drive”school transportation vehicles” 34520.3. (a) For the purposes of this section, a “school transportation vehicle” is a vehicle that is not a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, or youth bus, and is used by a school district or county office of education for [...]
Why is this? Well, safety is the first issue. Some believe that it was born out of the civil rights movement, specifically, nonviolent civil disobedience. Whatever the reason, the section of code is 21950(b). 21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk [...]
Yes, it appears that you may as long as the highway has a speed limit of less than 25 mph. Again, this applies to California. California Vehicle Code 21716. Except as provided in Section 21115.1 and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1950) of Division 2.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, no person shall operate [...]
You can find these on the California’s DMV’s website for free. They change daily, so you may need to search more than once. http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vehindustry/mcp/mcp_actve_carrier.htm
If you are an California based company, then you are not required to participate in a Ride Share program, but you still must follow Rule 2202 as outlined by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Learn more about Rule 22 Rule 22 applies to all Employers with more than 250 employees. The employer is [...]
Is any school bus accident required to be reported to the CHP? The short answer is “yes” and this is in addition of the DMV requirement to complete an SR1. In actuallity, the SR1 is for a motor vehicle, which by definition does not include “buses” – See California Vehicle Code Section 545. The requirement [...]
Okay, so your a school district. One of your drivers gets pulled over by the police and is given a ticket for not having posted the MOTOR CARRIER PERMIT NUMBER on the side of the vehicle. What do you do? Well, the short answer is you as a public entity (public school district) do not [...]
We get a lot of questions regarding child safety car seats. The reason for these questions typically revolves around field trips and high school students that have children. Many people think that just because these are required in motor vehicles, that they are then required in buses, taxis and the like. To answer this question, [...]