Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 49 - The Operation Of Federally-Owned Vehicles Consigned To The Connecticut National Guard › Operation Of Service Buses › Section 14-49-5 - Operation of service buses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A commercial
				vehicle, bus or any other type of vehicle owned and used for the transportation
				of the employees of the registrant without charge to the individual and when
				engaged in the business of the registrant shall be registered as a "service
				bus" if eight or more persons are to be transported.
(b) Any vehicle that is rented or leased by a
				farm or plantation owner or other owner and used for the transportation of
				employees of the lessee only shall be registered as a "service bus" in the name
				of the lessor.
(c) Each occupant of
				a service bus shall be provided adequate seating space on a suitable seat or
				bench and in no case shall occupants be permitted or compelled to sit on the
				floor of the vehicle body.
(d) ***
With the exception of the seating arrangements in vehicles designed
				solely for the purpose of carrying passengers all
*** seats or benches
				provided for *** passengers (not the driver or occupants of the cab) on service
				buses shall run lengthwise with the body; and the standard eight-foot body
				shall not be equipped with more than three rows of seats or benches while the
				standard "pickup" body type shall be limited to two rows.
(e) All trucks transporting labor shall be
				equipped with adequate side racks and tail gate or rack, except that a chain or
				bar at a height of about three feet above the floor may be substituted for the
				tail gate on "pickup" body trucks. Stake body trucks shall be provided with a
				gate for entrance and exit, which shall be closed securely when the vehicle is
				in motion. All gates shall be equipped with a latch that may be opened, in case
				of emergency, by an occupant of the truck.
(f) A ladder for entrance and exit shall be
				provided and shall have treads, which treads shall not be less than four inches
				wide and sixteen inches long and not more than twelve inches apart, except that
				the lowest tread shall not exceed in height the lowest part of the axle housing
				of the truck. All removable ladders shall be equipped with hooks that attach to
				the truck body to prevent its slipping while in use. Ladders that are removable
				shall be carried on the outside of the truck when carrying passengers. Ladders
				that are permanently attached shall be properly braced.
The provisions
				of this subsection shall not apply to vehicles designed solely for the purpose
				of carrying passengers or where all passengers are carried in the
				cab.
(g) Each conveyance
				shall be equipped with suitable covering of water repellant material for use
				during inclement weather.
(h) Each
				vehicle shall be operated by a Connecticut licensed motor vehicle operator, who
				shall be at least eighteen years of age.
(i) All vehicles shall be kept in proper
				repair and in safe, clean and sanitary condition. The registrant shall cause
				such vehicles to be inspected frequently to ensure that brakes, steering
				apparatus, lighting and all other equipment are in safe operating
				condition.
(j) No operator of any
				motor vehicle used for the transport of persons shall take on or discharge
				passengers while the vehicle is in motion.
(k) Before crossing any railway tracks the
				operator of each motor vehicle used for the transport of persons shall stop the
				vehicle, look and listen carefully to guard against conflict with approaching
				trains and, with proper caution, may then proceed to cross the tracks, but in
				no event shall such operator shift gears while doing so.
(l) No vehicle used for the transport of
				persons shall be fueled while passengers are in the vehicle nor while the motor
				is operating.
(m) When accepting or
				discharging passengers each vehicle used for the transport of persons shall be
				stopped on the extreme right-hand side of the street or highway to safeguard
				occupants entering or leaving the vehicle.
(n) *** Any school bus to be placed in
				permanent operation in labor transport shall be painted a color other than the
				school bus chrome yellow.
(See G.S. §§
										14-1(41),
				  14-29,
				  14-49(p).)