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Cracking new bus body code ‘AIS O52’
Come October, all the buses in the country would have to adhere to the standards of new bus body code ‘AIS 052’. The buses, both public and private, should be certified by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune with several specifications including security and other aspects.
New bus body code will ensure all the buses in the country follow certain precautions to avoid discrepancy and to have uniformity
Hyderabad: Come October, all the buses in the country would have to adhere to the standards of new bus body code ‘AIS 052’. The buses, both public and private, should be certified by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune with several specifications including security and other aspects.
The Central Surface Transport Ministry had issued notification which focuses on the security features and other aspects that can provide a comfortable ride to the passengers. Recently, a workshop was organised at the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) by the Central Institute of Road Transport (CRTI), which was attended by other States transport organisations and private bus body builders and fabricators.
A senior official in the corporation said until now every State had their own design of the bus and often some of them lacked proper security measures. To avoid the discrepancy and to have uniformity, the Centre issued special guidelines.
As per the Central Motor Vehicles (Accreditation for bus body builders) notification, all the bus body buildings will have to obtain accreditation certificate to demonstrate their capabilities to build buses as per the safety norms. The age-old practice of keeping luggage on roof top of the bus would be thing of past with the new norms, he added. He also said bus would have to pass rigorous tests including the crash test.
Further talking about the new bus body code, the official said the code talks about maintaining minimum one emergency door which should be located in the opposite side of the service door (dim 1250mm.x550mm) and in case of more than one service door, the same should be given in the front half of the vehicle.
Minimum dimension for a door should be 650 mm in width and 1,800 mm in height. In case of the windows- the minimum window aperture should be 550 mm for standard bus and 450 mm for mini and midi bus.The step dimension- maximum height of first step from ground is 340 mm for type I and for type-II and III it would be 380 mm. Other steps would be 250 mm for type I and 350 for type II and III.
The gangway should be minimum 450 mm for type I, 350 mm for type II and 300 mm for type III. Overall internal height should be minimum 1,900 mm. Gangway can also be provided with a slope, as per the new notification, the official added.
TSRTC ED M Ravinder said the code requires the bus body builders to fulfil the parameter such as seats, floor levels, dimensions of foot-steps, emergency exits etc. He said the workshop was to familiarise the bus body builders about the new rules.
By K Chandrashekar
