NHTSA removes outdated school bus safety standards from the books
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is finalizing a rule that deletes obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 222, which covers school bus passenger seating and crash protection. This action cleans up the regulatory code by removing text that no longer applies to current vehicles.
Why it matters: This is an administrative cleanup rather than a change to safety performance. It reduces clutter in the federal regulations without altering how school buses must be built or maintained today. The underlying law still prohibits anyone from disabling safety devices that were required when a bus was manufactured, so existing obligations remain intact.
Who it affects
- School bus manufacturers and fleet operators who need to ensure compliance with current, non-expired standards
This final rule was issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within the Department of Transportation; verify the full text in the Federal Register before relying on it for legal compliance.
Agency: Transportation Department, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Source: Federal Register — read the official document