(A) The driver of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils on a highway or upon a private road within an area that is covered by a contract or agreement executed pursuant to § 11-209.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code ( ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-209.1). The stop is required before reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school bus the visual signals as specified in §§ 12-803 and 12-805 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 12-803 and 12-805). The driver of the vehicle shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
(B) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having four or more lanes which permits at least two lanes of traffic to travel in opposite directions need not stop the vehicle upon meeting a school bus which is stopped in the opposing roadway; and need not stop the vehicle when driving upon a controlled-access highway when passing a school bus traveling in either direction that 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.
(1990 Code, § 28-449) (Ord. 79-690, passed 9-17-1979)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1414