(A) The driver of a vehicle on a street, on meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the street for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching the school bus and shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or until signalled by the driver to proceed.
(B) The driver of a vehicle on a street or highway with separate roadways need not stop on meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or when the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of, or adjacent to, such street or highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
('81 Code, § 71.16) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Meeting, overtaking, and passing school bus, see S.C. Code § 56-5-2770