As a bus driver..You will have no problems using the bike rack, the bike will not fall off. Put in on the inside rack because if there is a minor accident the front bike will get the most damage. Most hooks will go over fenders. Keep the bike lite as possible as you can damage the wheels due to stress on the part of the wheels down in the groove, wheels can be bent from to much side weight. Bikes have been stolen off our buses but you can stop that by doing this..before the bus gets there put some type of lock on the front wheel, just around the front tire and wheel, on the bike only, do not lock the bike to the rack, that way if someone tries to steal the bike, they'll see the lock when they remove the spring hook. By the time you get off the bus to catch someone stealing your bike they can ride away and be gone, they can't do that with a lock on the wheel. Exit the front door only and tell the driver you're getting your bike. Put the bike rack up if there is no other bike on it.

It was said and I quote.."As one told me one night, they aren't used to driving with the rack down, and having a bike on the end helps them know how close they should stop behind other vehicles". To me only a stupid bus driver would use those words because they shouldn't be that close in the first place. They should leave enough room so if they have to pull around the vehicle in front of them they can get out. If they use that as a gauge then they are to close and they will never get out if they need to. what would happen it the car in front of them broke down or caught on fire?

If your bike is to long to fit the rack and it doesn't have fenders that will stop it then just turn the front wheel around so the handle bars are turned backwards, thus shortening the wheelbase. When you put the hook on the tire put it all the way over the tire and as close to the frame as you can get it. Those spring are strong and if you put it toward the tip of the tire, hitting a big bump can cause the bike to bounce and the spring can cause the bike to shoot off the rack backwards or bounce off the front of the rack.

Unclaimed bikes go to Goodwill in our city.

One last thing..If you have wide handle bars try to get a slot further away from the buses windshield. I turned on my wipers one day and they grabbed the handle bars of the inside bike, a beach cruiser, and it pulled the bike from the rack and bounced the bike back and forth a few times before I could shut the wipers off. Darn those wiper are strong....Cheers.