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Arrrggghhhh! Thanks KeithB!

I'll STILL stop.

WildBill wrote:Larry - Sorry you got the ticket, but thanks for the feedback. I have a question about this law that maybe you or some one can answer. Do you have to stop on a divided road [one with a median strip]? I wonder because I have seen some people stop and others go past the flashing red lights.

I have looked, and looked, and looked but can't find a specific statute regarding stopping for school buses when they have their lights flashing and the 'STOP SIGN' swung out. It's got to be there...I just can't find it.

WildBill, IMO it's the law that you must stop when the bus has its lights flashing and has the stop signs swung out. They are letting off kids and we all know how unobservant kids are and will dart anywhere they want to, and thus presents a danger.

Regardless if there is a median dividing the roadway, I always stop until the bus starts up again. To me it's the same as a school crossing guard who walks the kiddos across the street holding one of those handheld stop signs.

That's my take on it, and my $.02 worth.