Section 6(2) in Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Regulation and Control of School Buses) Special Rules, 2012
(2)Painting. - Every School Bus shall be fully painted as follows as specified in rule 349-A of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989:-(a)Every School Bus shall be fully painted in yellow colour.(b)The inscription "School Bus" shall be painted in the front and rear top of the School Bus, as the case may be, in bold and clearly visible letters.(c)On both exterior sides of the School Bus in a circle of 60 centimeter diameter, and on both the front and rear exterior sides, in a circle of 20 centimeters diameter, the following diagram shall be painted, in dark blue colour with yellow back-ground.(d)The particulars of name and address of the School, contact phone number, mobile phone number etc., shall be painted on exterior of the body of the School Bus on the left rear side.(e)The name of the School shall be written conspicuously at the top of the front and rear ends and on both sides of the body of the School Bus and the writing shall be horizontal.(f)In the rear right side of the School Bus the contact number of Transport Officer in-charge of the School, local Regional Transport Officer and Police authority should be painted. A separate e-mail ID shall be created and displayed for registering the complaints.
