New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 20 - ENFORCEMENT SERVICE
Subchapter 31 - SCHOOL BUS ENHANCED SAFETY INSPECTION OUT-OF-SERVICE CRITERIA
Section 13:20-31.7 - Headlights, back-up lamps, back-up alarm, red signal warning lamps, amber signal warning lamps, tail lamps, stop lamps, and turn signals

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:20-31.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The following are the out-of-service criteria pertaining to lighting devices:

1. A school bus does not have at least one headlight operative on low beam;

2. A school bus does not have at least one steadily burning taillamp on the rear of the vehicle visible from 500 feet;

3. A school bus does not have at least one operative stoplamp on the rear of the vehicle visible from 500 feet; or

4. A school bus does not have an operative turn signal on each side of the front and rear of the vehicle.

(b) The following are the out-of-service criteria pertaining to back-up lamps and back-up alarms:

1. A school bus is not equipped with back-up lamps;

2. Either back-up lamp does not illuminate when the shift control lever for the transmission is placed in reverse gear, or the rear emergency door is unlatched, or, on a Type D school bus that is equipped with a rear engine, a rear emergency window is unlatched;

3. A school bus is not equipped with a back-up alarm; or

4. A school bus is equipped with a back-up alarm that is not in proper operating condition.

1. A school bus is not equipped with red signal warning lamps and amber signal warning lamps in accordance with 13:20-49.1, 49C.22(e), or 50B.23(f), whichever is applicable;

2. A school bus is equipped with red signal warning lamps or amber signal warning lamps that are not in proper operating condition; or

3. A school bus is equipped with red signal warning lamps or amber signal warning lamps that do not conform to FMVSS No. 108 ( 49 CFR § 571.108 ), incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented.

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