Section 300.25. Aisle.

 

(1)  Every type A-I, B, C or D school bus or type A-II school bus manufactured in 2 stages, shall have a center aisle with a minimum clearance 12 inches wide. The center aisle shall be the open area which pupils entering the service door utilize to gain access to their seats. The center aisle shall extend from the driver's compartment to the emergency exit at the rear of the bus. The school bus that has a side emergency door shall, in addition, have a 12-inch wide aisle from the center aisle to the side emergency door. The intent of this requirement is to provide a 12-inch wide, unrestricted aisle to any emergency door.

(2)  An open area for wheelchairs is not an aisle.

Cr. Register, February, 1983, No. 326 , eff. 3-1-83; am. (1), Register, February, 1995, No. 470 , eff. 3-1-95 ; am. (1) and (2), Register, December, 1997, No. 504 , eff. 1-1-98.