(A) A church bus is a vehicle operated by a nonprofit religious organization which transports persons including school age children to and from religious services.
(B) The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a church that is stopped to take on or discharge passengers, and on which the red loading signals are in operation, is to stop his or her vehicle before it reaches the church bus and not proceed until the loading signals are deactivated and then proceed past the bus at a speed which is reasonable and with due caution for safety of the occupants.
(C) (1) Every church bus for transportation of persons to and from religious services or other church activities shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing the words “CHURCH BUS” in letters not less than eight inches in height.
(2) In addition, the bus may be equipped with visual signals meeting the requirements of 47 O.S. § 12-218, which shall be actuated by the driver of the church bus whenever but only whenever the vehicle is stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving and discharging passengers.
(D) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a church bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and the church bus is stopped in a loading zone which is part of or adjacent to the highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(Prior Code, § 16-824.1) (Ord. 1618, passed 8-17-99) Penalty, see § 70.999