The rules for stopping for a school bus are.
You must stop your vehicle at least 20 feet before reaching a school bus that is stopped with its red lights flashing whether it is on your side of the road, the opposite side of the road, or at an intersection you are approaching.
You must remain stopped until the flashing red lights are no longer operating.
The law requires all vehicles coming from both directions to stop when approaching a stopped school bus displaying its flashing lights and stop arm.
All traffic must pause, whether on a two- or four-lane road.
On a divided highway with a median separation, traffic approaching the bus from behind must stop.
The penalty for passing a stopped school bus is a fine and court costs in excess of $420.00 or even $600.00
Motorists are to remains stopped until the bus is no longer displaying its flashing red lights and stop arm.
Violation of this law not only endangers children but is punishable by a fine and court costs in excess of $420.00
In California, the fine for passing a school bus can be up to $600, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Bus drivers are able to file the reports against drivers who pass the school bus within 24 hours of the incident.
When on a two-lane road without a median, traffic on both sides of the road must stop.
Yes a school bus driver can and will report you for not stopping.
When you fail to stop for a school buss and the stop sign is out and the lights are flashing then the bus driver can call the police and report you.
You can then get a ticket for failing to stop for the school bus.
However most times the bus driver will just make a report to fill out a violation report once they get back to the bus barn or where they park the bus.
Then the violation report gets turned into the police.
State law requires drivers to stop for a school bus that has its red lights flashing and stop-arm extended.
State law also gives bus drivers the right to fill out a violation report if drivers don't stop.
The reports are turned into city, county or state law enforcement officers, who investigate and issue citations.
While you can be directly ticketed by a police officer at the scene, you may also find yourself ticketed through the mail after a school bus camera captures your image committing this traffic offense.
Not all traffic tickets have to lead to fines and/or demerit points on your driving record.