(A) The driver of a vehicle on any street or highway upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus when there is in operation on such school bus flashing warning signal lights, as referred to in W.Va. Code § 17C-12-8, and such driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed, or the visual signals are not longer actuated.
(B) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway 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.
(1991 Code, § 19-159) (Ord. passed 7-19-1979) Penalty, see § 72.999