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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by 88gta350 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar All school buses stop, open door, throw the 4 ways and look/listen then cross in a gear that will not stall. Hazmat vehicles also. You can have a Van hauling three kids painted Skool yellow and marked "School" they too must stop. If you can hang, paint, stick-on, install or otherwise mark a vehicle as a "School" bus in a contrasting color then that vehicle becomes a school bus. [/quote] That's not quite true, at least not in Pennsylvania. Here are the definitions of the various school-related vehicles in PA, in lawyer speak. Notice the law quoted above only requires "school buses" to stop. Notice "school bus" is only defined as 11 or more passengers, but not busses of 11-15 passengers registered before 1993. Anything less than 11 passengers is a "school vehicle", and by the law quoted above is not required to stop at grade crossings. "School bus." A motor vehicle which: (1) is designed to carry 11 passengers or more, including the driver; and (2) is used for the transportation of preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from public, private or parochial schools or events related to such schools or school-related activities. The term does not include a motor vehicle used to transport preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from public, private or parochial schools or events related to such schools or schoolrelated activities, which is designed to carry 11 to 15 passengers, including the driver, and which is registered in this Commonwealth as a bus prior to March 1, 1993, or a motor vehicle which is designed to carry 11 to 15 passengers, including the driver, and which was titled to any public, private or parochial school on or before March 1, 1993, and which is registered to that public, private or parochial school in this Commonwealth as a bus prior to September 15, 1993. "School vehicle." A motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, designed for carrying no more than ten passengers, including the driver, and used for the transportation of preprimary, primary or secondary school students while registered by or under contract to a school district or private or parochial school. The term includes vehicles having chartered, group and party rights under the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and used for the transportation of school children. [/quote] I am gonna have to find the green bible and see if there is anything related to school "vehicles" I think we undrstand "Buses" but in the light of the Commonweath's word of Regulations as pertains to school vehicles with less than 11 students shows a lack of "clear" understanding on how these "vehicles" handle rail crossings.
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