New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter D - Equipment
Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions
Section 56.6 - Retrofitted side steps on buses

Universal Citation: 15 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 56.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

Notwithstanding Part 43 of this Chapter, a bus to which a step has been added to aid passengers in boarding or alighting from the vehicle, and which step causes the bus to become 80 inches or more in width, need not be equipped with front or rear identification lamps or clearance lamps, provided that:

(a) the bus does not exceed 84 inches in width;

(b) attached to the step and facing oncoming traffic is a clear, white or colorless class A reflex reflector of at least three square inches in size; and

(c) attached to the step and facing following traffic is an amber class A reflex reflector of at least three square inches in size.

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