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

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-164 (2019)

Duty of school bus driver stopping to allow children to disembark

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After stopping to allow children to disembark from the bus, it shall be unlawful for the driver of the school bus to proceed until all children who need to cross the roadway have done so safely. Any driver willfully violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Ga. L. 1976, p. 479, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Greene, 174 Ga. App. 120, 329 S.E.2d 204 (1985).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case: Roberts v. Burke Cnty. Sch. Dist., 482 S.E.2d 283 (Ga. 1997).
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Roberts v. Burke Cnty. Sch. Dist., 482 S.E.2d 283 (Ga. 1997). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 40-6-164. But to use the language of the case, there the school bus was, in essence, "standing guard with its lights flashing, its stop signals on and all visual signals functioning" with the disembarking children "under its protection.”
Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. v. Greene, 329 S.E.2d 204 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “One of the most pertinent is OCGA § 40-6-164, which states the duty of a bus driver when discharging children: “After stopping to allow children to disembark from the bus, it shall be unlawful for the driver of the school bus to proceed until all children who need to cross the…”
Cawthon v. Waco Fire & Cas. Ins., 358 S.E.2d 615 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 40-6-164. Although Hill v. McClure, 171 Ga.”
Lewis v. Medford, No. 1:22-cv-01806 (N.D. Ga. May 6, 2025). “§ 40-6-164)), and (2) Lewis’s “continued usage of the flashing amber lights from the moment the video started until the accident .”
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