Schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment
- Sec. 30125. Schoolbuses
and schoolbus equipment
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- DEFINITIONS In this
section
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- "schoolbus"
means a passenger motor vehicle designed
to carry a driver and more than 10
passengers, that the Secretary of
Transportation decides is likely to be
used significantly to transport
preprimary, primary, and secondary school
students to or from school or an event
related to school.
- "schoolbus
equipment" means equipment designed
primarily for a schoolbus or manufactured
or sold to replace or improve a system,
part, or component of a schoolbus or as
an accessory or addition to a schoolbus.
- STANDARDS The Secretary
shall prescribe motor vehicle safety standards
for schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment
manufactured in, or imported into, the United
States. Standards shall include minimum
performance requirements for
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- emergency exits;
- interior protection
for occupants;
- floor strength;
- seating systems;
- crashworthiness of
body and frame (including protection
against rollover hazards);
- vehicle operating
systems;
- windows and
windshields; and
- fuel systems.
- TEST DRIVING BY
MANUFACTURERS The Secretary may require by
regulation a schoolbus to be test-driven by a
manufacturer before introduction in commerce.
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