Interpretation ID: aiam2461
Director of Engineering
Wayne Corporation
Industries Road
Post Office Box 1447
Richmond
IN 47374;
Dear Mr. Kurre: This is in response to your letter of November 15, 1976, in which yo ask whether emergency exits installed in school buses beyond those required in S5.2.3 of Standard No. 217, *Bus Window Retention and Release*, must meet the requirements of the standard.; The NHTSA has determined previously that only those exits required i S5.2.3 must meet the requirements specified for school bus emergency exits in Standard No. 217. All other emergency exits installed in school buses must comply with the requirements for emergency exits in buses other than school buses. These requirements are detailed in Standard No. 217.; In your letter, you ask specifically whether S5.2.3.1(b), S5.3.1 S5.3.2, S5.3.3, S5.4.1, S5.4.2.1(b) or S5.5.3 apply to a side emergency door in a school bus that already complies with S5.2.3.1(a) of the standard. The NHTSA concludes that this door would be required to comply with S5.3.1, S5.3.2, and S5.4.1 of the standard.; Sincerely, Frank A. Berndt, Acting Chief Counsel