Interpretation ID: aiam3688

Mr. James E. Forrester, Manager of Engineering Services, Truck Body & Equipment Association, P.O. Box 70409, Washington, D.C. 20088-0409; Mr. James E. Forrester
Manager of Engineering Services
Truck Body & Equipment Association
P.O. Box 70409
Washington
D.C. 20088-0409;

Dear Mr. Forrester: This responds to your March 15, 1983, letter asking whether emergenc doors in school buses may be marked as 'emergency exits' and still comply with Standard No. 217, *Bus Window Retention and Release*.; Paragraph S5.5.3 states that each school bus exit shall have th designation 'Emergency door' or 'Emergency exit' as appropriate. The agency has previously determined that emergency doors are considered to be emergency exits and thus can be marked as either doors or exits. Emergency windows must be marked only as emergency exits.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel