O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-162 (2019)

Use of visual signals

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A school bus driver shall actuate the visual signals required by Code Sections 40-8-111 and 40-8-115 whenever, but only whenever, the school bus is stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signals:

(1) At intersections or other places where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or police officers; or

(2) In designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway.

History

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 89; Code 1933, § 68A-706, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Code section not applicable to public transit systems transporting school children, § 40-8-114. JUDICIAL DECISIONS Intersection with stop sign. - School bus driver was authorized to actuate the flashers and stop arm of the bus at

an intersection with a stop sign. Parker v. State, 228 Ga. App. 15, 491 S.E.2d 113 (1997).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1997–1997 · leading case: Parker v. State, 491 S.E.2d 113 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).
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Parker v. State, 491 S.E.2d 113 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 40-6-162 (1). He argues that he was under no duty to heed the wrongfully actuated visual signs of the bus.”
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