Inspections
School bus pre-trip and post-trip inspections from the driver's phone
Drivers tap through the checklist on their phone, add a photo where something's wrong, and sign. A failed item goes straight to maintenance as a defect, and every inspection prints as a clean report.
What you get
- Your own checklistsBuild templates for pre-trip, post-trip, quarterly or annual inspections, for all vehicles or just some types — or start from our ready-made ones.
- Photos on every itemThe driver photographs what they found; it's kept with the inspection.
- Defects to the shopA failed item becomes a defect for the maintenance team, and a critical one can take the bus out of service.
- Printable reportsOperator, address, mechanic, vehicle, every result and signature lines — one at a time or a hundred at once.
- Inspection complianceSee which vehicles are overdue for an inspection, and get reminders.
How it works
- 1Pick or build a checklist (pre-trip, post-trip, quarterly…).
- 2Drivers start the inspection from My Day and tap Pass / Fail / N/A.
- 3Failed items become defects; the mechanic fixes and closes them.
- 4Print or save any inspection as a PDF.
Step by step in the guide: Inspections · Doing an inspection · Defects
Questions
- Can we use our own inspection checklist?
- Yes. Templates are yours to build: the components, their categories, which ones are safety-critical, and which vehicle types they apply to.
- Are there free inspection checklists?
- Yes — printable school bus pre-trip and post-trip, quarterly and yearly vehicle inspection checklists, free to print or save as a PDF.
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