§ 14.40.110. Stops for school buses.

A. FLASHING RED LIGHT. Except as provided in subsection B, the driver of any vehicle upon a highway, street or road, when meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus, equipped with signs and signals required by law, which has stopped on the highway, street or road for the purpose of receiving or discharging any pupil and is displaying a flashing red light signal visible from the front and rear, shall bring his vehicle to a stop immediately and shall not proceed past the school bus until the flashing red signal ceases operation.

B.

WHEN SPECIAL STOP NOT REQUIRED. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway, street or road with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is upon the other roadway. The driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus when the school bus is stopped at an intersection or a place where traffic is controlled by a traffic officer or an official traffic signal.

C.

VIOLATION. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than fifteen days nor more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 230 § 11(E), 1965)