Interpretation ID: aiam2861
Specifications Engineer
Thomas Built Buses
Inc.
1408 Courtesy Road
P.O. Box 2450
High Point
NC 27261;
Dear Mr. Tydings: This responds to your August 21, 1978, letter asking whether you ar permitted under Standard No. 217, to place the emergency exit sign at the bottom of a rear emergency window exit.; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has permitted th use of the emergency exit sign to be on the top half of rear emergency doors. This has permitted the sign to be located just below the glass on the rear emergency door. Although your location of the exit sign is not on the top of the rear emergency window exit, its location is similar to the location of the exit sign on a rear emergency door. Since the location of the sign is on the emergency window exit and is within the top half of the bus, the agency has determined that this location complies with the requirement.; Sincerely, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Chief Counsel