189.370 Passing stopped school or church bus prohibited -- Application to properly marked vehicles -- Rebuttable presumption as to identity of violator. - Kentucky Statutes

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189.370 Passing stopped school or church bus prohibited -- Application to properly marked vehicles -- Rebuttable presumption as to identity of violator. (1) If any school or church bus used in the transportation of children is stopped upon a highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers, with the stop arm
and signal lights activated, the operator of a vehicle approaching from any direction
shall bring his vehicle to a stop and shall not proceed until the bus has completed
receiving or discharging passengers and has been put into motion. The stop
requirement provided for in this section shall not apply to vehicles approaching a
stopped bus from the opposite direction upon a highway of four (4) or more lanes. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall be applicable only when the bus displays the markings and equipment required by Kentucky minimum specifications for school
buses. (3) If any vehicle is witnessed to be in violation of subsection (1) of this section and the identity of the operator is not otherwise apparent, it shall be a rebuttable
presumption that the person in whose name the vehicle is registered or leased was
the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation and is subject to the
penalties as provided for in KRS 189.990(5). Effective: July 15, 1988
History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 262, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts
ch. 65, sec. 3. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 2. -- Amended 1950 Ky. Acts
ch. 96, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-46a, 2739g-691.