Section Trans 300.77 - Wheelchair fasteners(1) Each wheelchair shall be secured to the bus with a fastening device with sufficient strength to: (a) Retain the chair in the event the bus overturns.(b) Prevent the chair from moving.(c) Prevent the chair's wheels from leaving the floor in the event of a sudden stop or start.(2) The fastening device may be either a metal locking unit that secures the wheelchair to the wall or floor or a webbing belt system that accomplishes the same purpose.(3) No wheelchair may be attached to any door.(4) A webbing belt system shall be secured to the bus at not less than 2 points. It shall be anchored in the bus frame, body posts or other metal structure. Interior paneling is not considered an adequate anchorage.(5) A webbing belt used to secure the wheelchair to the body frame may not be used to also secure the passenger to the wheelchair.(6) School buses manufactured and placed in operation after January 17, 1994, and transporting passengers in wheel chairs shall comply with FMVSS 222, school bus seating and crash protection. The wheel chairs shall be secured in the following manner: (a) In a forward facing position.(b) By wheel chair securement devices at 2 locations in the front and 2 locations in the rear.(c) If a 3-wheel chair, each wheel location shall be secured.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 300.77
Cr. Register, February, 1983, No. 326, eff. 3-1-83; Cr. (6), Register, February, 1995, No. 470, eff. 3-1-95; am. (4) and (5), Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 1-1-98.