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IC-CEiswhereiwannabe
Advanced Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/23/2006 : 07:53:12 AM
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| Drivers from Michigan, I'm interested in how your state employs the IC-CE steering wheel switches considering you have differnet laws than the rest of the country regarding school bus stops. Also, if you do not drive an IC explain to us exactly how the Michigan school bus stop laws work and what switches you have to use to do stops correctly in whatever type vehicle you drive. |
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thomas86_a
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2006 : 08:15:12 AM
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| Michigan buses are equipped with one switch for activating the ambers, no override switches are allowed. 200 feet before the stop you activate your ambers, when you come to a stop you open the door and the reds activate along with the stop arm and crossing arm (if equipped). When the students are clear you close the door and the system cancels. |
If you have an International, you NEED customer service. |
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ModMech
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2006 : 3:38:53 PM
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| That sounds exactly like MN. |
If you want customer service, you NEED an International! |
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NewBee Driver
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2006 : 3:49:15 PM
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| Then do both sides of the warning light switch activate the ambers? Or is the oposite side of the switch deactivate them or is it just a dead switch? |
Driving Seattle To School - And Loving It!! |
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CPCSC_TD
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2006 : 4:10:24 PM
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There is a master warning light switch that can cancel the power to the lights. No switch to activate the reds only.
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Thomas Ford 85-16
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2006 : 4:40:00 PM
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If the operations are on one switch, the lowest position would be off, the next position would be on (master on, but nothing would happen yet), and then the highest position (or complete opposite position, whichever way you look at it) would be a momentary on, which activates the ambers. This is you "start" switch. After you let go, the switch would fall back into the middle "on" position. On older switches, there would be an ON/OFF master and a Momentary-ON/OFF switch. If ever you needed to cancel the ambers, you would have to turn off the master switch. Michigan uses no override switch.
In Michigan, the reds are never supposed to activate unless the "start" (momentary-on) switch was pressed first. If the door was already open at that point and you press the start switch, of course the reds would come on.
In conclusion, a normal for a normal bus stop, the switch would be moved through the on position and then to the start position, and the ambers flash. When the door is opened, the reds turn on, and when the door closes, everything turns off. Your master switch is still on for the next bus stop. |
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NewBee Driver
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2006 : 7:35:29 PM
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| ok, but how does that apply to the stearing wheel buttons on the new IC-CE's one side of the switch activates the ambers, what does the other side do? |
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BusBabe1036
Active Member
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2006 : 4:04:55 PM
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| The other side is the red override, to shut the system off manually. |
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deleon
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04/27/2006 : 05:38:42 AM
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so do they use the flasher light swicth to active and the master switch to de-active the lamps ,and the stop arm cancel swicth or the cross gate switch to de-active the stop sign or crossing arm or what do they used?
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Michigan Drivers? Steering wheel switches?
