PENNSYLVANIA'S SCHOOL BUS STOPPING LAW Keeping children safe! School Bus Safety Week October 15-19, 2018 When you moet or overtake a stopped school bus with red signal lights flashing and stop arm extended, you MUST STOP When you approach an intersection where a school bus is stopped with red signal lights flashing and stop arm extondad. you MUST STOP You MUST STOP at least ten (10) feet away from the school bus You MUST WAIT until the red lights have stopped flashing and the stop arm has beon withdrawn bafore moving DO NOT MOVE until all the children have reached a place of safety KNOW YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 1.5 million children are transported on Pennsylvania roads each day ·Those children are transported more than 346 million miles to school oach year. Every year, childran are neediessly injured or killed by drivers passing stopped school buses. You MUST STOP on roadways with painted lines You MUST STOP on roadways with ridgedigrooved dividers whether it is is not marked with a stop sign, All traffic MUST stop PENALTIES YOU ARE CONVICTED OF VIOLATING PENNSYLVAN A'S SCHOOL BUS STOPPING LAW, YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES STOP DOUBT STOP! 60-Day Driver's License Suspension Five 15) points on your driving record ANNUALTY, OVER 1,000 MOTORISTS OBEY THE SCHOOL BUS STOPPING LAW SEPARATE ROADWAYS Drivers do not have to stop on a highway with clearty defined dividing sections or physical barriers providing separate roadways. This only applies when the school bus is on the opposite side of the road STOP Physical barriers include concrete median barriers, metal median barriers, auide rais, ete,. briersnclude rea ed tdvidng boulders, a stream, grass, etc. Our Childrens Safety Is In Your Hands. SPONSORED BY: STUDENT-TRANSPORTATION INCORPORATED