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Debusguy
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/10/2003 : 09:28:54 AM
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| Does anyone have a good shorthand method for drivers to use in describing their routes? One that has quick readability? I would like to get the upcoming school year started on the right foot, and any innovations that you've found to be successful would be appreciated. |
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Buskid
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2003 : 10:39:56 AM
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At the last company I worked for, our route sheets used the following symbols:
R - Right Turn
L - Left Turn
X - Cross (as in, cross Street X)
For a pick-up or drop-off, the route sheet simply stated that there was a STOP and listed the address or cross-streets.
I'm working for a different school district now, so if I see any other useful symbols on our route sheets, I'll add them to this post. |
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Peter
Top Member
USA
1057 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 2:28:50 PM
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Indentation and spacing are important. I like to see the stops listed clearly at the left margin and the directions indented. This is how I write directions for other people. Just eliminate all unnecessary details.
R - Penn
L - 35th
8:05: 35th & Oliver
That's all you need. The forum setup doesn't allow me to use indentation, which is very helpful. |
Spicer is nicer. |
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chevybluebird
Senior Member
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 5:02:49 PM
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| On the bus which i ride i am the student assistant so i have all the stops memorized and i tell the driver in enouph time to active the ambers. |
Blue bird rules!!!!!!!!!!
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1983WardFord
Top Member
USA
1395 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 5:20:55 PM
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| boy, I wish more kids would do that. I get "stop right here" a lot, just as I'm sailing right past the stop. Then it's "You missed my stop" |
Due to the current economic condition, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off until further notice. |
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Rich
Top Member
United States
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Rich
Top Member
United States
5768 Posts |
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Peter
Top Member
USA
1057 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 7:54:55 PM
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Richard, either your files are corrupted or they are microsuck word documents (which would mean that they truly are corrupted). Could you please make one available as rich text or some other format?
Thanks. |
Spicer is nicer. |
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Rich
Top Member
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 8:33:34 PM
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Originally posted by Peter
Richard, either your files are corrupted or they are microsuck word documents (which would mean that they truly are corrupted). Could you please make one available as rich text or some other format?
Thanks.
They are Microsoft Word Documents. (.doc)
I converted it to a .rtf, but now it doesn't look correct, so the judging of it will be flawed.
http://www.schoolbuscentral.com/sampleroute2rtf.rtf |
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Peter
Top Member
USA
1057 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 9:52:56 PM
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| Thanks for the sample. |
Spicer is nicer. |
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Peter
Top Member
USA
1057 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2003 : 9:57:53 PM
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I get "stop right here" a lot, just as I'm sailing right past the stop. Then it's "You missed my stop"
I get that a lot, too. Then there's my personal favorite:
kid: "No, it's up farther."
me: "How far?"
kid: "Right there at the mailbox."
[It's 15 feet.]
me: "Close enough."
kid: "Oh, great! Now we have to walk. I hate substitutes!" |
Spicer is nicer. |
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Debusguy
Senior Member
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2003 : 6:44:19 PM
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| Likewise, Richard, thanks for the sample. LM |
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macondriver
Top Member
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 1:18:11 PM
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being an out of town driver i have seen several different types of route sheets. the worst was in the country, i mean it was good if you lived there all yur life...it went like
go east on ch (county highway) 33 turn left at the hog farm
go to the first dirt road after thomsoms barn. you see what i mean?
but i like one that tells you
report time..........6:15
leave lot time.......6:45
L out of lot
R on oak
L on ash STOPS
ash & cherry 1. 7:00
R on cherry
L on green 2. 7:05
And on like that to your last stop, then give directions to the school and what time they need to be there.
if there is another school after that give directions to the first stop on the second route from the first school.
and in the end give directions back to base . not having directions from base to the first stop is a real mess for a driver that might not know tht area of town. or from the school back to base or to the second route
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Driving my way to the top, in a big yellow bus...and proud of it. |
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Wolfman
Senior Member
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2003 : 07:30:35 AM
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| Each year we have to update our route sheet. I put my phone and pager number on it so the subs can call me about my route. The subs get a new copy each year. At the start of the new school year I talk to the new subs and try to get them to ride with me to find out where my route goes, or I tell them to take a Sunday drive over my route. I also have 2-3 stundents to help the subs with the stops. |
Wolfman Howling  Mostly at the kids! |
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Rochelle
New Member
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2003 : 5:14:04 PM
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 I prefer to read directions from a map. Have a map with each stop numbered in the order of pick-up One map labeled AM route and another one labeled PM route. I have drew one up in my book and a substitute driver complimented it.. so apparently someone liked it
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Jim
Top Member
USA
581 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2003 : 06:31:24 AM
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Originally posted by Wolfman
At the start of the new school year I talk to the new subs and try to get them to ride with me to find out where my route goes
I also do this. Atleast this way they will have been on the route before and it will make it alot easier on them. I used to do this when I was a sub on the days I wasn't driving, especially the routes that went into areas I wasn't too familiar with. On my route sheet, I try to explain my directions and stops as detailed as I can, because I remember all too well what it was like as a sub trying to read poor directions. |
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Route Directions for Substitutes
