All buses shall be equipped with a crossing control arm mounted on the right end of the front bumper that meets the following requirements:
- (1) The crossing control arm shall not open more than ninety (90) degrees nor extend beyond the right side of the bus when deployed and shall deploy and retract upon activation of the stop semaphore. When in the retracted position, the crossing control arm shall align itself parallel to the front bumper. The length of the arm shall be approximately seventy (70) inches or the length of bumper, whichever is less;
- (2) The crossing control arm operating mechanism shall be black to match the bumper and the crossing control arm shall be National School Bus Yellow to match the body and stand out when deployed;
- (3) The crossing control arm shall present no sharp edges or hazardous projections that could cause injury to students, shall be made of non-corrosive or non-ferrous material and shall meet or exceed SAE J1133; and
- (4) An automatic recycling interrupt switch may be installed for temporary disabling of the crossing control arm.
(Adopted effective May 2, 2007; Amended June 26, 2009)