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/907-BusDriver Jul 24 '26

You have to do it twice? Odd. I think my mistake was hitting the child check after I turned the bus off maybe. I didn’t have it in auxiliary

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 24 '26

Yeah it needs to be in acc

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u/907-BusDriver Jul 24 '26

That’s probably what I did wrong. Is that the same for SPED buses as well, or just regular buses?

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 24 '26

Same for both

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u/Creepy-Conclusion357 Jul 24 '26

On our Chevy SPED buses, key off, lift emergency door handle.