§ 32-153. Overtaking and passing school bus; signs and warning lights upon buses; removal of warning lights, lettering, etc., upon sale of buses; highways with separate roadways
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(a) The driver of a vehicle on any street or highway, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has
stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching
such school bus when there is in operation on said school bus flashing warning signal lights, and said driver shall not proceed
until such school bus resumes motion, or is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer
actuated. This section applies wherever the school bus is receiving or discharging children including, but not limited to,
any street, highway, parking lot, private road or driveway; provided, that the driver of a vehicle upon a controlled access
highway need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or adjacent to the highway and
where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(b) Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign
containing the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in height. When a contract school bus is being operated
upon a highway for purposes other than the actual transportation of children either to or from school, all markings thereon
indicating "school bus" shall be covered or concealed. Any school bus sold or transferred to another owner by a county board
of education, agency, or individual, shall have all flashing warning lights removed and all lettering removed or permanently
obscured; and such bus shall be painted a color other than chrome yellow before sale or transfer is made, except when sold
or transferred for the transportation of school children.
(c) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is
on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is part
of or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
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