189.375 School or church bus signaling device -- Use -- Stopping regulated. - Kentucky Statutes

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189.375 School or church bus signaling device -- Use -- Stopping regulated. No school or church bus shall be licensed or operated for the transportation of school
children unless it is equipped with bus alternating flashing signal lamps and a stop arm
folding sign. The bus body shall be equipped with a system of four (4) red signal lamps,
two (2) on the front and two (2) on the rear of the bus, and four (4) amber signal lamps.
Each amber signal lamp shall be located near each red signal lamp, at the same level, but
closer to the vertical centerline of the bus. The bus body shall be equipped with a stop
arm folding sign on the driver's side with letters at least six (6) inches in height displaying
the word "stop" on both sides. Prior to stopping the school bus for the purpose of
receiving or discharging school children, the driver shall activate the amber flashing
signal lamps. Once the bus comes to a complete stop, the driver shall extend the stop arm
and activate the red flashing signal lights prior to opening the door so it shall be plainly
visible to traffic approaching from both directions that the bus is in the process of
receiving or discharging passengers. No driver shall stop a school or church bus for
receiving or discharging passengers in a no passing zone which does not afford
reasonable visibility to approaching motor vehicles from both directions unless a "School
Bus Stop Ahead" sign has been installed a reasonable distance before that spot in the
roadway. No driver shall stop a school or church bus for the purpose of receiving
passengers from or discharging passengers to the opposite side of the road on a highway
of four (4) or more lanes; provided, that this provision does not prohibit the discharging
of passengers at a marked pedestrian crossing. Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 18, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 262, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 443, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 4. --
Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1.