(a) The operator of a motor vehicle on a two-lane highway or a private road meeting or overtaking a school bus on which the amber warning lights are flashing shall reduce the speed of his vehicle to not more than twenty (20) miles per hour and proceed past the school bus with caution. The operator of a motor vehicle when he meets or overtakes a school bus on which the red signal lights are flashing shall bring his vehicle to a complete stop not closer than fifteen (15) feet from the school bus and shall remain stopped until the flashing red signal lights are extinguished.
(b) The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two (2) or more lanes in each direction need not stop when he meets a school bus which is traveling in the opposite direction even though the school bus is stopped and its red signal lights flashing. The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two (2) or more lanes in each direction shall stop when he overtakes a school bus going in the same direction when the school bus is stopped and its red lights are flashing.
(Code 1982, § 23-1703)
State law reference—Similar provisions, SDCL § 32-32-6.