United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2002_register executive 2010-09-23 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c818b614 D09002ee1c818b689 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency Under existing Federal requirements, all school buses must be equipped with crash avoidance devices designed to control traffic (i.e., flashing lights and stop arms) because the use of most school buses includes stopping in the roadway to pick children up from and drop them off at home. There is a need in those circumstances to stop nearby traffic during the loading and unloading of children. This notice proposes to establish a subcategory of relatively small school buses that would not be used to pick school children up from or drop them off at home. These school buses would, accordingly, not be required to have traffic control features. They would, however, be required to meet all other school bus crash avoidance requirements and all crashworthiness and post-crash requirements. These buses would be known as "multifunction school activity buses." It is anticipated that these buses would be used by child care facilities to drop children off at school at the beginning of the school day or pick them up from school at the end of the school day, by schools to transport children from school to extracurricular activities and back, and by "coordinated transportation" systems to provide a wide range of transportation services that can include transporting children to or from Head Start Programs and transporting senior citizens to social service facilities. These buses could be used for the Head Start Program transportation because they would qualify as "allowable alternate vehicles" under the regulations for that program. 67 FR 67373 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05/02-27996 02-27996 fr05no02-19 RIN 2127-AH23 4910-59-P DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2002-13704 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05/02-27996 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/html/02-27996.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/pdf/02-27996.pdf Imports Motor Vehicle Safety Motor Vehicles Rubber and Rubber Products Tires 10 p. 67373 67382 67 FR 67373 Title 49 Part 571 49 CFR Part 571 RIN 2127-AH23 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Definition of Multifunction School Activity Bus; Federal Register Vol. 67, Issue PRORULE 02-27996 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2003-01-06 DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2002-13704 4910-59-P 02-27996 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

Under existing Federal requirements, all school buses must be equipped with crash avoidance devices designed to control traffic (i.e., flashing lights and stop arms) because the use of most school buses includes stopping in the roadway to pick children up from and drop them off at home. There is a need in those circumstances to stop nearby traffic during the loading and unloading of children. This notice proposes to establish a subcategory of relatively small school buses that would not be used to pick school children up from or drop them off at home. These school buses would, accordingly, not be required to have traffic control features. They would, however, be required to meet all other school bus crash avoidance requirements and all crashworthiness and post-crash requirements. These buses would be known as "multifunction school activity buses." It is anticipated that these buses would be used by child care facilities to drop children off at school at the beginning of the school day or pick them up from school at the end of the school day, by schools to transport children from school to extracurricular activities and back, and by "coordinated transportation" systems to provide a wide range of transportation services that can include transporting children to or from Head Start Programs and transporting senior citizens to social service facilities. These buses could be used for the Head Start Program transportation because they would qualify as "allowable alternate vehicles" under the regulations for that program.

You should submit your comments early enough to ensure that Docket Management receives them not later than January 6, 2003. For non-legal issues, you may call Mr. Charles Hott, Office of Crashworthiness Standards at (202) 366-0247. His FAX number is (202) 493-2739. Imports Motor Vehicle Safety Motor Vehicles Rubber and Rubber Products Tires Motor vehicle safety standards: Multifunctional school activity bus; definition, http://dms.dot.gov http://dms.dot.gov/ http://dms.dot.gov/search Vol. 67, no. 214 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2002-11-05 continuing daily deposited born digital 235 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05 P0b002ee1809a93d0 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr05no02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/pdf/FR-2002-11-05.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/xml/FR-2002-11-05.xml fdlp 67283 67507 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2002-11-05 machine generated eng FR FR-2002-11-05 67 214