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America's Best School Bus Technician

 

        The Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association is proud to announce that Brian Henderson, Xenia City Schools, has been chosen to represent Ohio in the America’s Best School Bus Technician’s Training and Skills Competition, sponsored by the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT).  This skills competition requires technicians to demonstrate exemplary skills in such areas as technical knowledge and diagnostic troubleshooting.             

 

       Mr. Henderson has met the following criteria: current active member of the Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association; currently employed in a position requiring the regular/frequent maintenance and/or repair of school buses; and received the highest score on the written test administered at the 2008 OSBMA Spring Workshop.

      This national competition will be held at Hydrotex in Tulsa, Oklahoma, September 10-12, 2008.

About recalls:
Because of the sensitive nature of our industry, recalls in the school bus business are a regular event. All manufacturers err on the side of safety, therefore school bus owners receive many notices of recall advisories.
In all cases, if safety is at issue, buses are taken off the road.

The normal flow of notification is as follows:
Manufacturers notify NHTSA
Manufacturers notify dealer network and owners directly
Manufacturers also notify state agencies responsible for school buses.

In Ohio, school bus design and inspection is under the authority of the Ohio State Patrol. When they receive notifications, they notify the department of education, who in turn passes the information on to school districts. This information flow is actually a duplication of the same notification that bus owners receive from the manufacturer.

In all cases, the manufacturer is the best source of information.

NHTSA maintains an online database of all current recall campaigns. These can be viewed at the following website:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/schoolbusrecalls.htm#NEW

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