Paragraph 2 Floor and gangwaysI1
United Kingdom
All floors within the total floor area of a regulated public service vehicle shall be slip-resistant.
A regulated public service vehicle shall contain a priority floor area which shall—
not contain steps;
provide access to at least one priority entrance to, and one priority exit from, the vehicle or access to steps which lead to such entrances and exits;
contain all priority seats specified in paragraph 3; and
have a slope of not more than 3° in any direction, or not more than 5° in any direction within the doorway area, when the vehicle is unladen standing on a level surface and in its normal condition of travel.
Any gangway within the priority floor area of a regulated public service vehicle shall have a width of—
not less than 450mm up to a height of 1400mm measured vertically from the floor of the vehicle, and
not less than 550mm at heights exceeding 1400mm measured vertically from the floor of the vehicle.
Annotations
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Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 30.8.2000, see reg. 1