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Canajoharie Transportation Department Earns 97.8% Passing Rating on New York State DOT School Bus Safety Inspection

 

July, 2011

 

The Canajoharie Central School Transportation Department has earned a high rating on a recent New York State Department of Transportation school bus safety inspection report for the 2010-2011 school year.

Of the 46 district school transportation vehicles inspected by NYSDOT in June, 97.8 percent passed. All school buses are subject to a comprehensive inspection by NYSDOT at least every six months. Vehicles that do not pass are placed out of service until the problems are corrected. One Canajoharie bus received this designation and is being repaired.

NYSDOT performs semi-annual vehicle safety inspections on a wide variety of vehicles that are subject to inspections. Of approximately 154,000 inspections conducted each year, almost 80 percent are performed on vehicles used in school transportation service, either directly by a public or private school or by a contractor hired to provide that service.

The remaining inspections are performed on vehicles used in other services regulated by NYSDOT: motor coach charter service, transit, ambulette (transit disabled) and "for hire" passenger service.

According to NYSDOT, Canajoharie had an inspection passing rate of 97.8 percent in the 2010-2011 school year and 95.8 percent in 2009-2010.

To learn more about the NYSDOT school bus inspection process, click here.