Painting of School/College vehicles.

The Government have amended Tamil Nadu Motor vehicles Rules 1989 to specify the painting of educational institution vehicles.

The Government wanted that school vehicles shall be separately identified from a long distance so that other road users may be aware of an impending vehicle carrying school children.

Rule 349-A describes how a school vehicle has to be painted.

The vehicle should be painted fully in highway yellow colour.

The inscription school bus or college bus shall be painted in the front and rear top of the vehicle in bold and clearly visible letters so that any one from a long distance can easily identify the vehicle.

On both exterior sides and on both front and rear exterior the diagram school/college bus shall be painted in dark blue colour with yellow background in 60 and 20 cms respectively .That is 60 cms for both exteriors and 20 cms for front and rear exterior.

Any auto or contract carriage like maxi cabs which carry children to schools in their trips shall display a board :ON SCHOOL DUTY;

Circular no. 44/2008 and G O Ms 1144 dated 9.9.2008