Singapore legislation
Regulation 79
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 79
Doors to be fitted with sound producing device
Subregulation 1
Every door, except any door provided solely for use during an emergency or for the driver, of a vehicle registered as a school bus under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14), shall be fitted with a device for producing a sound when the door is not fully closed.
Subregulation 2
The device shall be fitted to a school bus near the driver’s seat and within the interior of the school bus so that any sound produced by the device is mainly confined within the school bus.
Subregulation 3
The sound emitted by the device connected to the door of a school bus shall be sufficiently loud to warn the driver and any passenger of the school bus that the door is not fully closed, but shall not be unduly harsh, shrill, loud or alarming.
Subregulation 4
The owner and the driver of a school bus shall ensure that the device connected to its door is in proper working condition at all times.
Subregulation 5
Any person who modifies or tampers with the working of the device connected to the door of a school bus in a manner that is likely to prevent the device from producing a sound when the door is not fully closed shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200.