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section 4-10 c the provisions of this subparagraph i shall be clearly posted in a format approved by the commissioner in all buses authorized to discharge passengers between designated stops ii a charter bus may stop on the highway at the points of origin and destination of each trip for the purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers except where prohibited by sign or by the commissioner 3 layovers no operator of a bus shall make a bus layover except in locations designated by sign or by the commissioner in writing for the purposes of this rule layover is defined as follows for a bus without passengers a layover consists of waiting at a curb or other street location for a bus with passengers a layover consists of waiting at a curb or other street location for more than five minutes the commissioner may define the terms including duration and authorized companies for use of layover areas d approved bus terminals no person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street any intrastate or interstate bus unless such intrastate or interstate bus operates from an off-street terminal or terminals duly approved by the proper authorities of the city of new york e routes 1 operators of empty buses and buses with charter special contract carriage or similar non-route specific authority given by the city of new york the department of transportation the interstate commerce commission or other legally authorized body must adhere to the truck routes as described in section 4-13 of these rules or other additional bus routes except that an operator may operate on a street not designated as a truck route or bus route for the purpose of arriving at his/her destination this shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck route or bus route at the intersection that is nearest to his/her destination proceeding by the most direct route and then returning to the nearest designated truck route or bus route by the most direct route if the operator has additional destinations in the same general area and there is no designated truck route or bus route that can be taken to the next destination the operator may proceed to his/her next destination without returning to a designated truck route or bus route the operator shall have in his/her possession throughout each trip a route slip or similar document showing the points of origin and destination of the trip upon the request of a law enforcement officer or other authorized person the bus operator shall present for inspection the above stated document or documents 2 notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-10 paragraph e 1 above no operator of a bus as described in paragraph 1 shall operate his/her vehicle upon any of the streets within the area served by the limited local truck route network in staten island as described in section 4-13c of these rules except for the purpose of arriving at a destination within the area served by the network this shall be accomplished by using a designated truck route or bus route to the closest limited local truck route to the destination using this limited local truck route to the intersection that is nearest to the destination the operator shall then continue via the most direct route to the closest designated limited local truck route and then to the closest designated truck route or bus route if the operator has additional destinations in the same general area and there is no designated truck route limited local truck route or bus route that can be taken to the next destination he/she may proceed to his/her next destination without returning to a designated limited local truck route f required inspection of buses no person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street any bus required by law ordinance resolution or rule of any municipal state or federal authority to display a certificate disc sticker poster or other insignia evidencing that such bus has been inspected and is mechanically fit or has been 47

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