(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 or her vehicle to not more than 20 mph and proceed past the school bus with caution. The operator of a motor vehicle when he or she meets or overtakes a school bus on which the red signal lights are flashing shall bring his or her vehicle to a complete stop not closer than 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 or more lanes in each direction need not stop when he or she 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 or more lanes in each direction shall stop when he or she overtakes a school bus going in the same direction when the school bus is stopped and its red lights are flashing.
(Prior Code, § 17-389)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL § 32-32-6