Follow safety rules as students board and exit buses or cross streets near bus stops.

“Follow safety rules as students board and exit buses or cross streets near bus stops.” is a task performed by Bus Drivers, School. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#3 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Operate transportation equipment or vehicles. in Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner. · importance 5.0
• Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order. · importance 4.9
• Report any bus malfunctions or needed repairs. · importance 4.8
• Pick up and drop off students at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules. · importance 4.8
• Escort small children across roads and highways. · importance 4.8
• Drive gasoline, diesel, or electrically powered multi-passenger vehicles to transport students between neighborhoods, schools, and school activities. · importance 4.7
• Maintain order among students during trips to ensure safety. · importance 4.5
• Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of students or trips, hours worked, mileage, or fuel consumption. · importance 4.4
• Maintain knowledge of first-aid procedures. · importance 4.4
• Record bus routes. · importance 4.2
• Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations, using telephones or mobile two-way radios. · importance 4.2
• Keep bus interiors clean for students. · importance 4.2
• Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions. · importance 4.1
• Make minor repairs to vehicles. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Bus Drivers, School page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-23719,
  title  = {Follow safety rules as students board and exit buses or cross streets near bus stops.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-23719}
}