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Show Motorists Warned About New Law; Must Stop for School Bus Police Chief Glen Newman announced an-nounced Tuesday morning that in the main motor vehicle operator in Pleasant Grove are paying little or no attention to the new-school new-school bus traffic laws. The law specifically states that when a school bus is stopped for the loading or discharging of pupils with the warning lights flashing, motorists must stop until un-til the lights cease to flash. Tuesday morning Chief Newman New-man sat in a car. near ths Junior High School whfle a bus load was being discharged. The lights on the bus were flashing. "Twelve cars drove past before one car stopped. "And those who ignored the law included two teachers," Mr. Newman said. In the hope that these serious and continual violations of the traffic laws are due mostly to ignorance, the Review is publishing pub-lishing herewith the complete text of the new regulations. Section 2. Sec. 41-6-100.10, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, is enaced to read: 41-6-100.10 (1) Every school bus, when operated for the transportation trans-portation of school pupils shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing con-taining the words "school bus" in letters not less than four inches in-ches in height which can be removed re-moved or covered when the vehicle ve-hicle is not in use as a school bus. Every school bus when operated op-erated for the transportation of school children shall be equipped with flashing red light signals visible from the rear and flashing flash-ing amber light signals visible from the front of a type to be approved and mounted as prescribed pre-scribed by the State Road Commission Com-mission and the State Department Depart-ment of Education. Provided that all buses purchased or repainted after the effective date of this act, shall display the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in heig-ht. (2) The driver of any vehicle upon a highway street or road, upon meeting or overtaking any school bus equipped with signs as herein required which has stppped on a highway, street or road for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children chil-dren and when such school bus is displaying flashing amber light signals visible from the front and flashing red light signals visible from the rear, shall bring such vehicles to a stop immediately before reaching said school bus. and shall not proceed until said flashing signals cease operation. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with roadways separated separat-ed by a dividing section need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is upon (the other roadway. (3) The driver of a school bus shall operate these signals at all times when children are unloading unload-ing from a school bus to cross a street, highway or road or when a school bus is stopped for the purpose of loading children who must cross a highway, street or road to board said bus; or at any other time when it would be hazardous for vehioles to proceed pro-ceed past the stopped school bus. Such flashing amber signals and flashing red signals shall not be aperated exoept when the school bus is stopped for loading or unloading un-loading school children or for iny emergency purpose. |