§ 30-282. Traffic to stop for school bus.  


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  • (1)

    Any person using, operating or driving a motor vehicle on or over the roads or highways of this State shall, upon approaching any school bus used in transporting school pupils to or from school which is properly identified in substantial accordance with the provisions of Section 234.08, F.S., and which displays a stop signal, bring such motor vehicle to a full stop while the bus is stopped and the motor vehicle shall not pass the school bus until the signal has been withdrawn.

    (2)

    The driver of a vehicle upon a divided highway where the one-way roadways are separated by an intervening unpaved space of at least five (5) feet or physical barrier need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway.

    (3)

    Every school bus shall stop as far to the right of the street as possible before discharging or loading passengers and, when possible, shall not stop where the visibility is obscured for a distance of two hundred (200) feet either way from the bus.

(Ord. No. 71-94, § 1, 12-21-71)