An operator shall not operate or permit or require a driver to operate any school bus determined by the inspection or operation thereof to be in such condition that its operation would be hazardous or likely to result in the breakdown of the vehicle, nor shall any driver operate a school bus which by reason of its mechanical condition is so imminently hazardous to operate as to be likely to cause an accident, a breakdown of the vehicle, or an unsafe condition for the occupants thereof.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-30.4
See: 34 New Jersey Register 829(a), 35 New Jersey Register 450(a.
Rewrote the section.