Stopping for School buses: It is a nail biting experience to watch some of these kids try to cross the street after getting off of the bus. If you witness this violation, report it to 911 immediately. Report the vehicle make, model, licence plate number and direction of travel. This is one law we MUST enforce for the safety of our kids (re: the video indicates 25 feet, MT law actually requires 30 feet stopping distance). 61-8-351. Meeting or passing school bus -- vehicle operator liability for violation -- penalty. (1) Upon overtaking from either direction a school bus that has stopped on the highway or street to receive or discharge school children, a driver of a motor vehicle: (a) shall stop the motor vehicle not less than approximately 30 feet before reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the bus a visual flashing red signal as specified in 61-9-402; and (b) may not proceed until the children have entered the school bus or have alighted and reached the side of the highway or street and until the school bus ceases operation of its visual flashing red signal. (2) The driver of a motor vehicle shall slow to a rate of speed that is reasonable under the conditions existing at the point of operation and must be prepared to stop when meeting or overtaking from either direction a school bus that is preparing to stop on the highway or street to receive or discharge school children as indicated by flashing amber lights as specified in 61-9-402.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:16:21 +0000
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