Section 300.58. Rub rails.

 

(1)  Every bus shall contain a rub rail located at seat cushion level. Except at the emergency door, rear compartment or special service door, the seat cushion level rub rail shall extend from the rear side of the service door completely around the bus body, to a point of curvature near the front of the body on the left side. On a type A-II bus, the seat cushion level rub rail is not required to extend around the rear corners of the bus and may terminate at the radii of the right and left rear corners.

(2)  There shall be one floor line rub rail. This rub rail shall be located in an area so that the center of the rub rail is located at or between the following points:

(a) No more than 7 inches above the top of the steel floor, or

(b) No more than 5 inches below the top of the steel floor. The floor line rub rail shall extend over the same longitudinal distance as the seat level rub rail, except where it meets the wheel housing, fuel filler caps, fuel fill doors, side marker lights and may terminate at the radii of the right and left rear corners.

(3)  Rub rails shall be constructed of 16 gauge longitudinally corrugated or ribbed steel, or material with strength at least equivalent to all-steel, as certified by the bus body manufacturer, of 4-inch minimum width, flange to flange. Each rub rail flange shall be attached at each body post and all other upright structural members.

(4)  Rub rails that are pressed in or snapped on do not meet the requirements of this section and are not permitted.

(5)  Rub rails applied to transit type buses with the engine in the rear may terminate at the forward edge of the engine compartment.

Cr. Register, February, 1983, No. 326 , eff. 3-1-83; am. (1), (2), r. (6), Register, February, 1995, No. 470 , eff. 3-1-95 ; am. (1) and (3), Register, December, 1997, No. 504 , eff. 1-1-98.