Interpretation ID: aiam1299

Mr. George R. Semark, Safety Engineer - Vehicles, Planning & Development Center, Transportation Group, Sheller-Globe Corporation, 1200 East Kibby Street, Lima, OH 45802; Mr. George R. Semark
Safety Engineer - Vehicles
Planning & Development Center
Transportation Group
Sheller-Globe Corporation
1200 East Kibby Street
Lima
OH 45802;

Dear Mr. Semark: This is in reply to your letter of October 11, 1973, requesting tha Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217, Bus window Retention and Release,' be amended to include buses of the same design as school buses within the exemption from the emergency exit requirements specified for school buses' in S5.2.3 of the standard.; The NHTSA takes the position that buses of the same design as buse specifically designed as school buses, regardless of their intended use, are school buses for purposes of Standard No. 217. They are, therefore, exempt from the emergency exit requirements of the standard as specified in S5.2.3. No amendment of the standard is necessary.; Yours truly,Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel