ORLEANS COMMUNTIY SCHOOLS

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• If bus manufactured after 5-2-1994, positive door opening device is missing or fails to operate properly

• Any front turn signal does not function properly

• The seat belt cutter is not secured using a positive fastening method.
• Any seat is loose from the floor or seat rail

• Black paint is faded

• Excessive effort is needed to open the emergency door
• Mirrors do not meet minimum specifications for indirect visibility as set out in Indiana’s minimum specifications for school buses
• Mirror or mirror backs that are loose or improperly mounted
• Any required padding is missing

• Any exhaust leak can be felt with the bare hand six (6) inches from the leak in any direction (with the engine idling and the system unrestricted).
• See Notes: Any defect inspector deems a violation not listed

• Audible warning device, when required, is not working properly. Buzzers are required after 5-2-94
• Any exhaust leak can be felt with the bare hand six (6) inches from the leak in any direction (with the engine idling and the system unrestricted).
• See Notes: Any defect inspector deems a violation not listed

• One (1) taillight or one (1) brake light does not function

• If bus manufactured after 5-2-1994, positive door opening device is missing or fails to operate properly

• Tailpipe does not extend to, or extends more than 1" beyond the perimeter of the bus body
• There is movement at any spring loaded drag link or the rod end (using hand pressure)
• Step-well light is missing or inoperative

• Any front turn signal does not function properly

• There is fuel leaking from any point on in the fuel system
• Any exhaust leak can be felt with the bare hand six (6) inches from the leak in any direction (with the engine idling and the system unrestricted).

• A dripping oil or fluid leak

• Headlight is inoperative.

• Any component has deteriorated and allows the escape of exhaust gases (with the engine idling and the system unrestricted).
• An exhaust leak can be felt with the bare hand six (6) inches from the leak in any direction (with the engine idling and the system unrestricted).
• Required padding is missing

• Required horn(s) are not present.

• There is movement in a spring loaded drag link greater than 1/8 inch
• Exhaust leak occurs in the exhaust system prior to the muffler outlet.

• Any body clamp is loose.
• Exhaust leak occurs in the exhaust system prior to the muffler outlet.
• There is movement in a spring loaded drag link greater than 1/8 inch

• There is movement at any spring loaded drag link or the rod end (using hand pressure).
• If the emergency window instructions are illegible or missing. Must be within 6 inches of the release handle
• The stop arm has faded or lost reflectivity