(a) Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required pursuant to this chapter and Ohio R.C. 4511.764, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high as practical, which shall display to the front two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level, and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level, and these lights shall be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. The alternately flashing red lights shall be spaced as widely as practical and the alternately flashing amber lights shall be located next to them.
(ORC 4511.771)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.