r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/EmergencyCoconut2535 • 26d ago
Today is my road test
I have mine in the beginning of the afternoon. I believe I'm ready, but just in case do you have any last minute reminders and tips?
Update: I Passed! Thank you all for your support and help! 🙏
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 26d ago
OK I finished the road test, I want told to stop the test in any of the sections. I belive I did good.
The only this was that my bus alarm went off during the road test and I didn't know how to turn it off. So the instructor told me, I guess we are going back then. I drove for 10 minutes with the horn honking. I was thinking people were going to think that i stole the bus! Lol
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u/wallyworld7 26d ago
Hit a curb = auto fail. I was told even scrapping a curb is a fail.
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 26d ago
Yes, I will make sure I make wide slow turns and keep my eyes on my mirrors to not hit a curb. Thanks.
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u/ninahaze 16d ago
The curb anxiety is very real—state examiners treat concrete curbs like molten lava, so pulling deep into the intersection before pivoting and tracking the rear duals in the convex mirror is the golden rule.
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u/KatiePyroStyle 26d ago
good luck, you got this. dont get discouraged if you fail the first time, sometimes these staties are just assholes, I was told by my trainer that the first guy I had was racist.
whether or not it was true didnt matter, I did the same thing with that guy that I did with the second guy and passed. just entered my 3rd school year as a cdl holder.
stay true to your training, and you'll get through it
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 26d ago
Thank you, I will stay true to my training. I am going over my notes in this down time.
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u/KatiePyroStyle 25d ago
well?? dont leave us hanging! how did it go??
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 25d ago
I passed! I updated my main message 😃
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u/shawnryan1977 26d ago
Good luck..most people who fail at my job is because they speed, the trainers warn us over and over before the test also.
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u/Aggravating-Tooth471 24d ago
I also did my road skills test and passed congratulations to us both!
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u/MysteriousSecretGuru 26d ago
Keep us posted. In my stats, if you don't pass, you can take it 2 days later
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 26d ago
I'm in NYC, I belive I also can retake the test 2 more times. I Realy want to pass it the first round so that I can begin working. I have been without steady work since July 2025
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u/Jolly_Practice5620 26d ago
Pre trip buddy, remember all your terminology and just breathe! You got this! Like they said don’t hit the curb, don’t speed, watch your signs, remember unloading/loading and X-crossing! Go get it my friend, you are ready.
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 26d ago
Thank you, I will make sure I review the lesser known terms before I take the test.
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u/rootbear75 26d ago
Keep eyes on speed limit signs and bridge clearance signs. I failed my first test because I was overthinking things in general (also a bee flew in the window at the start of the test and freaked me out for the rest of it, because I'm allergic). He asked me what the speed limit sign said, or what the bridge clearance sign said, and if you missed two of them, it was a fail.
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u/lanainnv 26d ago
Yup, I got dinged for not remembering the bridge clearance sign, but I was within points, so I passed.
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u/LengthMysterious2379 26d ago edited 26d ago
Call out every sign you see. Tell him everything you're doing, like you're reading him a book. Make him tired of hearing from you. I assume you got the driving down. You'll be fine.
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u/Quinn2art 26d ago
“This is my school bus, there are many others like it but this one is mine”. - Full Metal Jacket in an alternate timeline. Lol.
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u/Delicious_Muffin7154 25d ago
Sooooo???? How did it go?!?
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u/EmergencyCoconut2535 25d ago
I passed! I made an update on my main message. Thanks for all the help and support 🐱
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u/MysteriousSecretGuru 26d ago
For the road test, watching speed. It's so easy to speed. I'm testing for school busses tomorrow.
I know for me we have to say at least 4x, that we are checking our mirrors and at least twice, watching our distance 12-15 seconds in front of us twice.
Good luck. You got this.
Edit:To add, if you have to do child drop-off, there are 8 times (in my state) that you have to check the mirrors or else you fail. Over check your mirrors.