(a) The driver of a vehicle on a roadway, upon meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching the school bus where there is in operation on the school bus a visual signal as specified in Section 12-805 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and the driver shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion, or the school bus driver signals the driver to proceed, or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
(b) Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in height and in addition shall be equipped with visual signals, meeting the requirements of the Illinois Vehicle Code, which shall be actuated by the school bus whenever the brakes are applied.
(c) The driver of a vehicle upon a street or highway of which the roadways for traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for vehicular traffic need not stop his vehicle upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on the opposite roadway, and the driver of a vehicle on a controlled access highway need not stop when a school bus is stopped in a loading zone adjacent to the surfaced or improved part of the controlled access highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross such controlled access highway.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)