Interesting Discovery

[PRZNBUS]

Working in the bus today it was getting kinda warm. I've seen pictures of others who have propped their windows open. From day one I was never able to lift the aluminum emergency bar to open mine. even with the bar removed I could not force the latch down. I started looking at it closer and found out something which I would believe is specific to a prison bus. There is a little bar in the mechanism which prevents the latch from lifting. There must be different standards for passenger safety and prisoner control.





Bruce

[Dave5Cs]

Hope they are not reading this. You just showed them the way out, LOL

[oltrunt]

Must be a standard way of locking the windows on a prison bus as mine had the same bar. My bus (MCI 9) has an extruded aluminum "U" channel over the latches and no trace of a lift bar for opening the windows.  Did your bus have lift bars?  If so, I'd appreciate a pic of what they look like.  Thanks, Jack

[Jim Eh.]

At least your windows had latches! None on mine at all, modded or not.

[oltrunt]

Krank, guess they really didn't want anyone getting out of your bus!  Jack