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School Bus Emergency Doors / Exits -- Who and when?????

 
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:57 am    Post subject: School Bus Emergency Doors / Exits -- Who and when????? Reply with quote

"Standard No. 217 - Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release (Effective September 1, 1973) This standard establishes minimum requirements for bus window retention and release to reduce the likelihood of passenger ejection in crashes; and for emergency exits to facilitate passenger exit in emergencies.

While this requirment went into effect in 1973, school bus manufacturers had been employing emergency exits (door / doors) for some time prior to the requirement.

Here are pictures of a 1941 school bus on a Brockway chassis that shows a rear "emergency exit".





While it could be argued that what is shown might not be considered a legitimate emergency exit because it is not marked as such, I think that was the intent none the less.

So, to get to the point --- What SCHOOL BUS manufacturer can be credited with introducing the emergency exit / door on a school bus?
When?

I honestly don't know, so back up your findings with facts please --

george
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schoolbusdriver




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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Further info that DOES NOT answer the query --

Emergency exits
In addition to the entry door, all school buses have at least one emergency exit door (in rear-engine buses, a window exit) in the rear of the bus. The rear door was a feature retained from when school buses were horse-drawn wagons and the entrance door was rear-mounted to avoid frightening the horses.


Typical school bus rear emergency exit
Additional exits may be located in the roof (roof hatches), window exits, and/or side emergency exit doors. All are opened by the use of quick-release latches which activate an alarm. The number of emergency exits in a school bus depends on the size of the bus(its seating capacity) along with individual state regulations.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EXCELLENT AND THOROUGH RESEARCH! Very Happy

This is EXACTLY the kind of historical trivia that makes the bus hobby so dang fascinating! Very Happy

NYO
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