§ 82-646. Use of red and amber lights by school bus operator.

When stopping to receive or discharge students, the operator of a school bus to which section 82-645 applies shall cause the amber caution lights to be lighted at a distance of not less than 300 feet nor more than 500 feet from the point where the students are to be received or discharged from the bus. If the point of receiving or discharging students is:

(1)

On the roadway in a rural, residential, and business district and off the roadway in a residential district, the operator shall bring the bus to a stop, turn off the amber caution lights, turn on the red flashing signal lights and extend the stop signal arm. After receiving or discharging students, the operator shall turn off the red flashing signal lights, retract the stop signal, and proceed en route; or

(2)

Off the roadway in a business district and rural district and when discharging or receiving passengers at a school location when the passengers need not cross the lane of traffic, the operator shall bring the bus to a stop and turn off the amber caution lights and not activate the red flashing signal lights. After receiving or discharging passengers, the operator may proceed.

(Code 1996, § 34-338)

State law reference

Similar provisions, SDCL 32-32-5.2.