Interpretation ID: nht92-9.3

DATE: February 18, 1992

FROM: Wm. Richard Alexander -- Chief, Pupil Transportation, Maryland State Department of Education

TO: Mary Versailles -- NHTSA

TITLE: None

ATTACHMT: Attached to letter dated 3/19/92 from Paul Jackson Rice to Wm. Richard Alexander (A39; Std. 222)

TEXT:

In our phone conversation of February 7, we discussed forward-facing wheelchairs on school buses (CFR 49 Part 571.222).

I am requesting that you verify in print our conversation that forward-facing wheelchairs on school buses do not need a crash barrier located forward of each wheelchair position. This would be based on the premise that each chair and child is restrained in some type of a belting system.

If you have any questions prior to responding, please do not hesitate to call me at (410) 333-2602.