Singapore legislation
Regulation 81
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 81
Marking, positioning and operation of emergency exits
Subregulation 1
All emergency exits of a vehicle shall —
be clearly marked as such inside and outside the vehicle, in letters not less than 25 millimetres high;
be fitted with doors which open outwards or windows;
be easily accessible to the passengers; and
in the case of a single-decked vehicle, or the lower deck of a double-decked vehicle, be so situated that passengers can step directly from the passage referred to in paragraph (3), to outside the vehicle.
Subregulation 1A
Despite paragraph (1)(b), an emergency exit of a vehicle must be fitted with a door which opens outwards if the vehicle is provided with —
only one exit, which is also the only entrance; and (b)no other emergency exit fitted with a door which opens outwards.
Subregulation 2
The means of operation of all emergency exits of a vehicle shall be clearly indicated.
Subregulation 3
Between every emergency exit and a gangway there shall be a passage which is —
not of less dimensions than those prescribed for a gangway in rule 83(1); and
so designed that a vertical line projected upwards from the centre line of the passage at floor level shall, to a height of 760 millimetres from the floor level, be laterally not less than 150 millimetres from any part of the vehicle.
Subregulation 4
In a vehicle the means of operation of all the doors of emergency exits other than those provided in the upper deck of a double-decked vehicle shall be readily accessible to persons of normal height standing at ground level outside the vehicle.