Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 442 - MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TYPE II SCHOOL BUSES › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 442.120 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute (11
				  West 42nd Street, New York NY 10036).
"Body" means the portion of a bus that encloses the occupant
				  and cargo spaces and separates those spaces from the chassis frame, engine
				  compartment, driveline, and other "chassis" components, except certain chassis
				  controls used by the driver.
"Body-on-Chassis" means a completed vehicle consisting of a
				  passenger seating body mounted on a truck type chassis (or other separate
				  chassis) so that the body and chassis are separate entities, although one may
				  reinforce or brace the other.
"Child Check System" means an optional mechanical or
				  electronic monitoring system used for ensuring that no passengers remain on the
				  school bus at the end of a route, a work shift, or the work day. The system
				  shall require the school bus driver to walk to the rear of the bus to
				  deactivate the system before the driver leaves the bus. The vehicle's interior
				  lights must illuminate when the ignition is turned off to assist the driver in
				  seeing in and under the seats during a visual sweep of the bus. (See P.A.
				  95-0260, effective August 17, 2007.)
"Code" means the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5 ].
"Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual
				  physical control of a vehicle. (Section 1-116 of the Code)
"Empty Weight" means the unloaded vehicle weight; i.e., the
				  weight of a vehicle with maximum capacity of all fluids necessary for operation
				  of the vehicle but without cargo or occupant (
				  49
				  CFR 571.3 ), plus 350 pounds allowance for
				  driver and equipment.
"FMVSS" means the rules and standards set forth in 49 CFR 571
				  and known as the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
"Forward Control" means a configuration in which more than
				  half of the engine length is rearward of the foremost point of the windshield
				  base and the steering wheel hub is in the forward quarter of the vehicle length
				  ( 49
				  CFR 571.3 ) - includes mid-engine and
				  rear-engine "pusher" buses.
"Gross Vehicle Weight Rating" or "GVWR" means the value
				  specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of the school bus. (See
				  Section 1-124.5 of the Code.)
"Incomplete Vehicle" means an assemblage consisting, at a
				  minimum, of frame and chassis structure, power train, steering system,
				  suspension system, and braking system, to the extent that those systems are to
				  be part of the completed vehicle, that requires further manufacturing
				  operations (other than the addition of readily attachable components such as
				  mirrors or tire and rim assemblies or minor finishing operations, such as
				  painting) to become a completed school bus for use in Illinois. (Based on
				  49
				  CFR 568.3 )
"Integral Type" bus means a completed vehicle either without
				  separate body and chassis or with body and chassis joined into one unit.
"m", following a numeral, means either "meter" or
				  "meters".
"mm", following a numeral, means either "millimeter" or
				  "millimeters".
"Manufacturer" (unless otherwise indicated at the point of
				  use) means the person or organization whose name follows "MANUFACTURED BY" or
				  "MFD BY" on the label required in Section
				  442.130(b).
"Multiple Glazed Unit" means two or more sheets of safety
				  glazing material separated by air spaces and assembled in a common mounting
				  (ANSI Z26.1 -1996, no later amendments or editions included).
"Passenger" means every bus occupant who is not the
				  driver.
"SAE" means the Society of Automotive Engineers (400
				  Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale PA 15096).
"School Bus" means:
Every motor vehicle, except as provided in this definition,
				  owned or operated by or for any of the following entities for the
				  transportation of persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below
				  in connection with any activity of such entity:
Any public or private primary or secondary school;
Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
				  institution; or
Any public, private or religious nursery school.
This definition shall not include the following:
A bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or
				  common carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of
				  passengers when such bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but
				  is:
On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of
				  other fare paying passengers;
Furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups
				  on field trips or other special trips or in connection with other special
				  events; or
Being used for shuttle service between attendance centers or
				  other educational facilities.
A motor vehicle of the first division.
A motor vehicle designed for the transportation of not less
				  than 7 nor more than 16 persons that is operated by or for a public or private
				  primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated
				  by a religious institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than 15
				  students to and from interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or
				  school sponsored activities. (Section 1-182 of the Code)
"SI" means Systeme International d'Unites (International
				  System of Units); officially abbreviated SI in all languages; the modernized
				  metric system defined in ANSI IEEE-ASTM-SI-10-1997.
The symbol " following a numeral means either "inch" or
				  "inches".
"Type I School Bus" means a school bus with a gross vehicle
				  weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. (Section 1-213.4 of the Code)
"Type I-A School Bus" means a term commonly used by school
				  bus manufacturers to classify a certain type of school bus that is a conversion
				  or body constructed upon a van-type or cutaway front-section vehicle with a
				  left side driver's door, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. The Type
				  I-A school bus has a GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds.
"Type II School Bus" meansa school bus with a GVWR of 10,000
				  pounds or less. (Section 1-213.5 of the Code)