A. The driver of a vehicle upon any street, roadway or highway upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which was stopped on or adjacent to the street, roadway or highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any schoolchildren and other occupants, shall stop the vehicle immediately when the visual signals are in operation, as specified in section 15-517 of this chapter, and shall not pass the school bus until the visual signals are deactivated. The driver may then proceed past such school bus at a speed which is reasonable and prudent.
B. The driver of any vehicle when passing the school bus shall use due caution for the safety of schoolchildren and other occupants of the school bus.
C. The driver of a vehicle upon a street with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway. (Prior code ch. 20)
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