Sec.16-325-23. Emergency exits. Doors

(a) In addition to the door or doors used for normal entrance and exit, emergency exits on buses, except sedan type buses, shall be provided for by either an emergency door or by push-out windows as prescribed in the authority's regulations for motor buses.

(b) The emergency door of each bus shall be connected with a distinctive audible signal and red indicator light, mounted over door so as to be visible to the driver, which operates when the emergency door is partially unlatched or when the operating bar or handle is moved. This signal shall not be connected with any other circuit and only the door switch shall be in the circuit.

(c) Sedan type buses shall have a minimum of four doors.

(d) Sedan type buses shall have a door on each side of each seat, with a distinctive signal connected to each door which will alert the operator whenever any door is unlatched or open. A protective covering, extending from six inches below to twelve above the top of the back of the seat, shall be provided over the hinged portion of each door jamb.

(e) Station wagons and suburban type vehicles shall have doors on each side of each seat, or shall have at least two doors, one of which will be on each side of the vehicle, with an unobstructed aisle leading from the door on the right-hand side of the vehicles to each passenger seat.

(f) School buses having an emergency door in the rear, shall offer clear access to such door from the last two rows of seats. The emergency door shall be so marked on the inside in letters at least 2 inches high to indicate location of door and direction of movement of handle or other device to open the door. Such buses shall have at least two push-out type windows on each side of the bus and shall be properly marked in letters at least 1½″ high: EMERGENCY EXIT, PUSH-OUT AT BOTTOM.

(Effective October 5, 1976)