School Bus Specifications - Texas Department of Public Safety

OTHER REQUIREMENTSWheelchair lift-equipped school buses shall also be provided with the following:Floor Covering: The floor in the wheelchair area and the area in the lift entryway shall besmooth and free of projections. Aisle floor covering shall be the same as required in SectionC, Floor and Floor Covering.Flooring: When plywood is used to cover existing steel floors on specially equipped buses,it shall conform to Section C, Floor and Floor Coverings. See Options, Section F Option 40for marine grade plywood.Interior Lamp, Lift Compartment: The lift compartment shall have one (1) interior lampinstalled in the roof panel above the center of the lift compartment; or one (1) lamp shall beinstalled in the roof panels on each side of the lift door to illuminate the platform entrywayarea. The lamp(s) shall be minimum fifteen (15) candlepower each and shall be one (1) ofthe examples listed in Section C, Lights, Interior Lights.INTERNATIONAL HANDICAP SYMBOLSSchool buses with wheelchair lifts shall display four International Handicapped Symbols in thefollowing locations: the front and rear of the bus, and both sides below the window line.These emblems shall be white on a blue background, between six (6) inches and twelve (12)inches in size, and shall be of a high intensity reflector material meeting U.S. Department ofTransportation FHWAFP-85 Standards.SECUREMENT AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR WHEELCHAIR/MOBILITY AID ANDOCCUPANTFor purposes of better understanding the various aspects and components of this section, theterm securement or phrase securement system is used exclusively in reference to the device(s),which secure the wheelchair/mobility aid. The term restraint or phrase restraint system is usedexclusively in reference to the device(s) used to restrain the occupant of thewheelchair/mobility aid. The phrase securement and restraint system is used to refer to thetotal system, which secures and restrains the wheelchair/ mobility aid and the occupant.Securement and Restraint System – GeneralA. The wheelchair/mobility aid securement and occupant restraint system shall bedesigned, installed, and operated to accommodate passengers in a forward-facingorientation within the bus and shall comply with all applicable requirements of FMVSS222. Gurney-type devices shall be secured parallel to the side of each bus. Securementsystem hardware and attachment points for the forward-facing system shall beprovided.B. The securement and restraint system, including the system track, floor plates, pockets,or other anchorage shall be provided by the same manufacturer, or be certified to becompatible by manufacturers of all equipment/systems used.C. A wheelchair/mobility aid securement device and an occupant restraint shall share anintegrated lap and shoulder belt with a common anchorage, including occupant restraintdesigns that attach the occupant restraint to the securement device or thewheelchair/mobility aid, the anchorage shall be capable of withstanding the loads ofboth the securement device and occupant restraint when applied simultaneously, inaccordance with FMVSS 222. For more information see "Wheelchair/Mobility AidSecurement System" in the next Section.Section D-5