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9/22/2026 10:22:00 AM |
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Post-Crash Inspection |
Out of Service |
- Step-well area is weakened
- Step covering is loose, buckled, or made of a material other than rubber (i.e. rugs, carpets, mats, etc.)
- Step-well light is missing or inoperative
- Grab handle is loose or missing
- Any part is missing, including originally equipped heat shields
- Any exhaust leak can be felt with the bare hand six (6) inches from the leak in any direction (with the engine idling and the system unrestricted).
- Any clearance light is missing, cracked, faded, wrong color, or inoperative
- There is body damage which could cause injury to persons near the bus (e.g. jagged metal edges, etc.)((Exigent circumstance can be taken into consideration to allow the bus to return home in a post crash inspection if bus is out of its district)).
- Air leak at proper connection
- Any headlight is inoperative
- Any marker light or lens is missing, cracked, faded, wrong color, or inoperative
- Any body clamp is loose.
- Any spring hanger bushings or torque leaf bushings are worn, loose, broken or missing
- One (1) leaf spring is broken under the first two (2) leaves
- There is an air leak from any hose, line, tank, bag, or other component of an air suspension system
- Vertical or horizontal ball joint movement is more than 1/8 inch but less than 1/4 inch
- The stop arm lights do not flash alternately
- Any crossmember is cracked or broken
- The mirrors do not meet the outside mirror standard as set forth in 575 IAC 1-2-49
- There are any loose, broken, or missing mountings
- Frame is deteriorated, cracked, broken or severely bent
- There are loose or missing bolts or rivets where front and rear spring hangers are attached to the frame
- Mirrors do not meet minimum specifications for indirect visibility as set out in Indiana’s minimum specifications for school buses
- There are any leaks from the differential, pinion seal, hubs or wheel seals
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Mike Adams |
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