California Vehicle Code

§ 22454

VEH § 22454 Effective Oct 10, 1999Div. 11 · Ch. 8

Statute text

(a)The driver of any vehicle, upon meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any schoolbus equipped with signs as required in this code, that is stopped for the purpose of loading or unloading any schoolchildren and displays a flashing red light signal and stop signal arm, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 25257, if equipped with a stop signal arm, visible from front or rear, shall bring the vehicle to a stop immediately before passing the schoolbus and shall not proceed past the schoolbus until the flashing red light signal and stop signal arm, if equipped with a stop signal arm, cease operation.

(b)(1) The driver of a vehicle upon a divided highway or multiple-lane highway need not stop upon meeting or passing a schoolbus that is upon the other roadway.

(2)For the purposes of this subdivision, a multiple-lane highway is any highway that has two or more lanes of travel in each direction.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 647, Sec. 3. Effective October 10, 1999.