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Page 21<br />

ATTACHMENT 2<br />

The middle rear cross seat shall be illuminated by a blue LED lamp installed and recessed in the <strong>coach</strong><br />

overhead ceiling panel. There shall also be two blue LED lamps installed in the rear underside of the<br />

parcel racks. These lamps shall be illuminated whenever the <strong>coach</strong> exterior marker lamps are<br />

illuminated.<br />

A stepwell lighting system shall be wired to illuminate when the front door is opened. The system shall<br />

provide no less than 2 foot candles of illumination of the step treads with the doors open. These lights<br />

shall not glare in the passengers' eyes. Lamp fixtures shall be totally enclosed, splash-proof, designed<br />

to provide ease of cleaning as well as lamp and housing removal, and shall not be easily removable by<br />

passengers. Stepwell lamps shall be protected from damage caused by passengers kicking lenses or<br />

fixtures and shall not be a hazard to passengers.<br />

Four lamps shall be provided; a dome at the top of the stepwell, one on each side of the stepwell and<br />

one to provide illumination of the ground area located inside and above the entrance door.<br />

2.9.3.4 DRIVER'S LIGHTING<br />

The driver's area shall have a lamp to provide general illumination of the driver's area and shall<br />

illuminate the half of the steering wheel nearest the driver to a level of 15 foot-candles. This lamp shall<br />

be controlled by a switch that is convenient to the driver.<br />

2.9.3.5 DRIVER CONTROLS<br />

All switches and controls necessary for the operation of the <strong>coach</strong> shall be conveniently located in the<br />

driver's area and shall provide for ease of operation. Switches and controls shall be essentially within<br />

the hand reach envelope described in SAE Recommendation Practice, J287, Driver Hand Control<br />

Reach. Controls shall be located so that boarding passengers may not easily tamper with control<br />

settings.<br />

These switches shall be of high quality stainless steel toggle type design suitably selected for signal<br />

switching or power loads with a design life of over 100,000 cycles. Engine Run/Stop/Headlights<br />

and Clearance Lights will be combined into one rotary switch. Door control switch shall also be of<br />

toggle type design. The following controls shall have longer length toggle switch wands to provide<br />

ease of operation; door operation, hazard and fast idle. A guard shall be installed on the Hi-Rise<br />

switch.<br />

Accelerator and brake pedals shall be designed for ankle motion. Foot surfaces of the pedals shall be<br />

faced with wear-resistant, nonskid, replaceable material that is either slipped or glued on.<br />

Controls for engine operation shall be closely grouped within the driver's compartment<br />

The door control, kneel control, windshield wiper/washer controls, and run switch shall be in the most<br />

convenient driver locations. They shall be identifiable by shape, touch, and markings. Door shall be<br />

operated by a single control, conveniently located by the driver's left hand. The location of this control<br />

shall be easily determined by position and touch. The turn signal and high beam switches shall be floormounted,<br />

foot-controlled, waterproof, heavy-duty, on-off contact switches. The retarder on/off switch<br />

shall be mounted under dash to left of driver.

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