YOUR DRIVER SEE?


WHAT CAN CONTENTS MARCH 2013 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 3 72


Collins’ newly designed NEXBUS includes greater visibility for the driver and passenger.


Give your drivers a 30% increase in their viewable a


area.


Collins Bus Corporation: Where Every Type A Bus is a Type A Plus.™


COVER STORY


STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOP | 58 STN readers report via survey on such


topics as how techs are trained, how they define their own maintenance programs and if they track cost per mile


PUTTING ON THE BRAKES | 64 Processes for air-brake maintenance and


safety come in different shapes and sizes


CREATING COST SAVINGS | 72 Fleet experts sound off on how fuel, oil


and tire management can add to an oper- ation’s bottom line


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ON THE COVER www.collinsbuscorp.com 6 School Transportation News March 2013 800.533.1850


Inspections are just one of the processes necessary to make school buses the safest vehicles on the road. At the heart of every great maintenance organization are policies and procedures, which are necessary for consistent air-brake checks, for example, or other checklists. The existence of these processes and policies can be the difference between corrective maintenance and proac- tive or even reliability-centered maintenance.


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