Authority: IC 20-27-3-4
Affected: IC 20-27
Sec. 9. (a) The special service entrance door or doors must meet the following specifications:
- (1) All doors must open outward.
- (2) The door or doors must have an opening wide enough to permit proper operation of a lift meeting the requirements of section 8 of this rule.
- (3) The door must have fastening devices to hold it open.
- (4) The doors must be weather sealed.
- (5) Buses with two (2) doors must have a flange on the forward door that overlaps the edge of the rear door when closed.
- (6) Power doors may be used, but the design must provide for manual operation from inside the bus.
- (7) The door materials, colors, lettering, and other exterior features must correspond with or match adjacent sections of the bus body, except for rub rails.
- (8) The door materials, panels, and structural strength must be equivalent to the regular service and emergency doors.
- (9) The door must have a switch that prevents the power lift from operating when the platform door is closed.
(b) If manually operated dual doors are used, the following specifications must be met:
- (1) The rear door must have at least a one-point fastening device that fastens to the header.
(2) The forward mounted door must have at least three (3) fastening devices that fasten to the:
- (A) header;
- (B) floor line of the body; and
- (C) rear door.
- (3) The fastening devices must provide maximum safety when the doors are closed.
- (4) The door and hinge mechanisms must be constructed to withstand the same use as a regular service door.
(c) The doors must have windows that are set in rubber.
(d) There must be a device in the driver's compartment that activates a red, flashing visible signal when the ignition is on and the special service door is not securely closed.
(State School Bus Committee; 575 IAC 1-5.5-9; filed May 24, 1990, 4:20 p.m.: 13 IR 1858; readopted filed Oct 10, 2001, 3:37 p.m.: 25 IR 938; readopted filed Jun 19, 2007, 10:10 a.m.: 20070704-IR- 575070225RFA; errata filed Jul 6, 2007, 10:04 a.m.: 20070725-IR-575070225ACA; readopted filed Nov 12, 2013, 11:21 a.m.: 20131211-IR-575130420RFA; filed Aug 15, 2014, 10:20 a.m.: 20140910-IR-575130244FRA; readopted filed Aug 12, 2020, 10:18 a.m.: 20200909-IR-575200228RFA)