New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES
Subchapter 3 - AUTOBUS SPECIFICATIONS
Section 16:53-3.6 - Service doors
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 16:53-3.6
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) All service doors and connecting passages shall have a horizontal clearance of not less than 24 inches.
(b) Service doors located rearward of the front service door shall be equipped with an audible or visible signal indicating to the driver when the door is not completely closed. Such doors shall also be equipped with flexible rubber edges having a total width of four inches.
(c) Rear side service doors shall be so interlocked that it will be impossible, under normal operating conditions, to put the vehicle in motion when such door is open.
(d) Autobuses equipped with a kneeling feature are required to have the following:
1. A warning sign
located on the right front exterior, visible while the door is opened, indicating
that the bus kneels;
2. A flashing amber
light at least 2 1/2 inches in diameter located at the right front of the vehicle
and an audible device which shall be activated when the bus is lowered or raised;
and
3. An interlock installed so that
during the kneeling cycle, it will be impossible, under normal operating conditions,
to put the vehicle in motion.
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