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escape hatch

Voorbeeldzinnen

1. The floor escape hatch lock, and not the movement of the hatch itself, shall actuate this device.
2. ‘Emergency exit’ means an emergency door, emergency window or escape hatch.
3. At least one exit shall be situated either in the rear face or in the front face of the vehicle unless an escape hatch is fitted.
4. ‘Escape hatch’ means an opening in the roof or the floor intended for use as an emergency exit by passengers in an emergency only.
5. For Class I vehicles and for vehicles with a rear part permanently closed off from the passenger compartment, this provision is fulfilled if an escape hatch is fitted.
6. The axis of the pyramid shall be vertical and its smaller section shall contact the aperture area of the escape hatch.
7. In the case of an escape hatch fitted in the floor, the hatch shall give direct and free access to the exterior of the vehicle and be fitted where there is a clear space above the hatch equivalent to the height of the gangway.
8. However, this requirement shall not be construed as precluding the possibility of locking the escape hatch for the purpose of securing the vehicle when unattended, provided that the escape hatch can always be opened or removed from the inside by the use of the normal opening or removal mechanism.
9. When the structural thickness of the roof is more than 150 mm, the smaller section of the pyramid shall contact the aperture area of the escape hatch at the level of the outside surface of the roof.
10. If escape hatches are fitted, they shall be positioned as follows: if there is only one hatch, it shall be situated in the middle third of the vehicle; if there are two hatches, they shall be separated by a distance of at least 2 m measured between the nearest edges of the apertures in a line parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
11. Except in the case of Class I vehicles, at least one escape hatch shall be located such that a four-sided truncated pyramid having a side angle of 20 degrees and a height of 1600 mm touches part of a seat or equivalent support.
12. Except in the case of Class I and A vehicles, at least one escape hatch shall be located such that a four-sided truncated pyramid having a side angle of 20 degrees and a height of 1600 mm touches part of a seat or equivalent support.
13. Every trap door, that is not an escape hatch, on the floor of a vehicle shall be so fitted and secured that it cannot be dislodged or opened without the use of tools or keys and no lifting or securing device shall project by more than 8 mm above floor level.