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> Talk to another lawyer (who specializes in Labor Law) for a second opinion is what I would do.

> I responded to your thread on Professional Garage

> Go to www.nyapt.org and click on Annual Conference. It will have all the information you would need. If not you can e-mail them and I'm sure they would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

> It is difficult to see both sides of the issue on this topic. On one hand, parking out is very beneficial to many widespread operations due to reduced dead-head miles. It makes it more difficult for a vandal or natural disaster to take out the entire fleet in one event. On the other hand you can't lose sight of the fact that a giant corporation owns those ...

Is there a high incidence of fires in school buses? Is the number unacceptable? Do they all get reported to NHTSB? What are the main reasons for fires? Poor design? Poor vehicle build quality and inferior components? Poor maintenance/inspection? Other, eg. deliberate? A rather large report was compiled in Scandinavia which can be found on the link below. http://www-v2.sp.se/publ/...

> Our District: Buses have two size seats; 39 inch and 26 inch. Elementary students (grades K-6); 3 and 2 to a seat respectively. Middle and High School; 2 to a seat for both sizes. Pre-school students are transported on a special needs bus with belts. Car Seats or Q-Vests are used. The breaking point for no car seat or Q-vest is 40 pounds and 4 years old. After ...

> When I did public transit, the driver didn't touch it. You'd radio for another bus and swap out, and they'd handle the mess at the garage. With the school bus, it's the driver's responsibility, and unfortunately I've had to clean up puke a number of times in my 4 years driving school buses.

> David, I took my beginning school bus driver courses in Flint and our instructor told us the same thing, that we cannot arrange seating based on the sexes.