Section Saf-C 1308.14 - Identification and Marking(a) Each vehicle shall be marked with the words "....(city or town) schools", the name of the transportation company or the name of the SAU on both sides of the bus in black letters no less than 5 inches in height, using 3/4 inch brush strokes. The location of the wording shall be directly below the window line. Numbers on the side of the bus shall be near the front line of lettering.(b) In addition to (a) above, each school bus with permanent plates is authorized to have the name of the school district and town on both sides of the vehicle.(c) The words "STOP ON SIGNAL" shall be in permanent black letters on the rear of the bus. The word "STOP" by itself, shall not be used. The words "STOP ON SIGNAL" shall not appear on the front of the bus.(d) The name of the owner, operator or both may be located to the immediate left of the entrance door and directly below the driver's window. The lettering shall comply with the requirements of (g) below.(e) Seating capacity shall be displayed in permanent letters and numbers on the body of the school bus to the left of the entrance door below the window level and the letters shall be 2 inches in height and one 1/4 inches wide with a 3/8 inch width, in the following format, where the blanks in (e)(1) and (e)(2) are intended to display the seating capacity for the school bus as determined by the manufacturer, and the blank in (e)(4) is intended to display the required number of 13-inch seats as determined by the manufacturer of the school bus: (1) Student capacity _____;(2) Adult capacity _____;(4) In lieu of (1) and (2) above, ____/13 inch seats.(f) Signs or lettering, other than required or permitted in this section, shall not appear on the front, back or sides of the bus. The words "SCHOOL BUS" shall be displayed in black letters, 8 inches in height and in compliance with "Series B" of the standard alphabet for highway signs on the national school bus yellow background. Fleet identification and/or route, alpha or numeric designations, ICC and DOT numbering shall be permitted. No ICC numbers shall be placed on any vehicle that has permanent plates.(g) Fleet identification lettering shall: (1) Be black, unless the school bus body's color is black, in which case the lettering shall be white;(2) Be located on the sides of the school bus;(3) Be visible from a distance of 50 feet while the school bus is stationary and during daylight hours; and(4) Be 2 inches in height and one 1/4 inches wide with a 3/8 inch width.(h) No advertisements, decals or decorations, except the bus manufacturer's logo, shall be permitted on the exterior of the school bus.(i) No advertisements, decals or decorations, except seating assignments, shall be permitted on the interior of the school bus.N.H. Admin. Code § Saf-C 1308.14
#8248, eff 1-4-05 (from Saf-C 1307.14 )
Ss by #10439, eff 10/11/2013 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Saf-C 1300).