The agency is amending Standard No. 131, School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices, to permit the use of additional light sources on the surface of retroreflective stop signal arms and to permit a certain amount of the retroreflective surface to be obscured by mounting hardware. It also makes minor clarifications to the standard. This responds to a petition from Transpec, Inc. a maker of stop arms.
Dates: This rule will become effective on May 28, 1998. Petitions for reconsideration of this rule must be received no later than July 13, 1998.
U.S. DOT/NHSTA - Final Rule - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices
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