Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 275a - Minimum Requirements for Type II (Type 2) School Bus Construction and Equipment › Minimum Requirements for School Bus Construction and Equipment › Section 14-275a-22 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				  14-275a-21 to
				  14-275a-87,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
				  words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
1. "ANSI" means American National Standards
				Institute;
2. "FMVSR" means the
				Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations or, if indicated by the context, one
				such Regulation, as contained in Title 49, Parts 40, 325, 350 and 355 to 399,
				of the Code of Federal Regulations;
3. "FMVSS" means the Federal Motor Vehicle
				Safety Standards or, if indicated by the context, one such Standard, as
				contained in Title 49, Parts 400 to 999, inclusive, of the Code of Federal
				Regulations;
4. "5th Percentile
				Adult Female" means a person possessing the dimensions and weight of the 5th
				percentile adult female specified for the total age group in Public Health
				Service Publication No. 100, Series 11, No. 8, "Weight, Height and Selected
				Body Dimensions of Adults";
5.
				"GVWR" means gross vehicle weight rating as defined in subdivision (32) of
				subsection (a) of section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
6. "National School Bus Yellow" means, the
				color formerly known as "National School Bus Chrome";
7. "95th Percentile Adult Male" means a
				person possessing the dimensions and weight of the 95th percentile adult male
				specified for the total age group in Public Health Service Publication No 1000,
				Series 11, No. 8, "Weight, Height and Selected Body Dimensions of
				Adults";
8. "SAE" means Society of
				Automotive Engineers;
9. "SBMTC"
				means School Bus Manufacturers Technical Committee;
10. "Specially equipped" refers to a school
				bus designed, equipped, or modified to accommodate students with special
				needs;
11. "Type A school bus" or
				"Type A" means a bus constructed utilizing a cutaway front-section vehicle with
				a left side driver's door. A Type A-1 school bus has a Gross Vehicle Weight
				(GVWR) of 14,500 pounds or less, a Type A-2 school bus has a GVWR greater than
				14,500 pounds and less than or equal to 21,500 pounds;
12. "Type B school bus" or "Type B" means a
				bus constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance door is behind the
				front wheels. A Type B-1 school bus has a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less, and a
				Type B-2 has a GVWR greater than 10,000 pounds;
13. "Type C school bus" or "Type C" means a
				school bus constructed utilizing a chassis with a hood and front fender
				assembly. The entrance door of a Type C school bus, also known as a
				conventional school bus, is behind the front wheels. This type of bus also
				includes a cutaway truck chassis or truck chassis cab with or without a left
				side door; and
14. "Type D school
				bus" or "Type D" means a bus constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The
				entrance door of a Type D, also known as a transit-style school bus or
				forward-control bus, is ahead of the front wheels.