New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES › Subchapter 8 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR SEDAN-TYPE AUTOBUSES › Section 16:53-8.25 - Maintenance and inspection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The body,
				chassis, engine and all equipment shall be maintained in proper adjustment and
				safe operating condition.
(b) All
				equipment shall receive a specification inspection by New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission personnel in order to insure compliance with all of the Commission's
				specifications. All sedan-type autobuses that meet New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission specifications shall be issued a certificate of
				compliance.
(c) All sedan-type
				autobuses for which certificates of compliance have been issued by the New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall receive a certification inspection at
				least twice annually. Nothing herein shall limit the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission's authority to require more frequent certification inspections of
				such vehicles by Commission personnel when the safety of the public so
				requires.
(d) A systematic
				maintenance record shall be kept for each sedan-type autobus showing the
				vehicle identification number, driver, dates of breakdowns, defects reported,
				and corrective measures taken. The records shall be retained by the operator
				for at least 12 months and shall be available for review by the New Jersey
				Motor Vehicle Commission.
(e) Each
				sedan-type autobus shall receive a complete inspection at regular time and/or
				mileage intervals for mechanical or structural defects. All necessary repairs
				shall be completed and a certificate of inspection affixed in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				16:53-8.2 2 before the sedan-type autobus is
				returned to service. An itemized record of each inspection showing the date,
				vehicle identification number, lubrication record, repairs and adjustments, and
				signed by the person making such inspection, shall be available at the
				inspection site at the time of inspection and for at least 12 months
				thereafter, and shall be available for review by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission.
(f) The maintenance
				facilities shall be adequate to assure compliance with specifications herein
				and shall include either a suitable pit or lift or an arrangement for the use
				of such facilities.
(g) The entire
				sedan-type autobus shall be kept clean and sanitary.
(h) The self-inspection certification does
				not apply to sedan-type autobuses certified for school use. Such vehicles shall
				be inspected biannually by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
				personnel.
(i) All sedan-type
				autobuses directly operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall be on a
				six-month full New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission inspection program in
				accordance with the August 2000 Memorandum of Understanding entered into
				between the New Jersey Transit Corporation and the New Jersey Department of
				Transportation. The Memorandum of Understanding is available for inspection at
				the Office of the Chief Administrator, Motor Vehicle Commission, 225 East State
				Street, 9th Floor, Trenton, New Jersey. All sedan-type autobuses operated by
				private operators shall receive an in-terminal inspection at six-month
				intervals; once by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission personnel during the
				first six months, and then a self-inspection by the private operator once
				during the second six-month period. A record of each six-month certification
				inspection shall be submitted to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission on the
				maintenance inspection report (MC-26) as set forth in chapter Appendix A,
				incorporated herein by reference.
(j) New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
				personnel shall perform unannounced audit inspections of self-inspected
				sedan-type autobuses to insure compliance with the self-inspection
				program.