Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 189.375 (2026)

School or church bus signaling device -- Use -- Stopping regulated

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No school or church bus shall be licensed or operated for the transportation of school children unless it is equipped with bus alternating flashing signal lamps and a stop arm folding sign. The bus body shall be equipped with a system of four (4) red signal lamps, two (2) on the front and two (2) on the rear of the bus, and four (4) amber signal lamps. Each amber signal lamp shall be located near each red signal lamp, at the same level, but closer to the vertical centerline of the bus. The bus body shall be equipped with a stop arm folding sign on the driver's side with letters at least six (6) inches in height displaying the word "stop" on both sides. Prior to stopping the school bus for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children, the driver shall activate the amber flashing signal lamps. Once the bus comes to a complete stop, the driver shall extend the stop arm and activate the red flashing signal lights prior to opening the door so it shall be plainly visible to traffic approaching from both directions that the bus is in the process of receiving or discharging passengers. No driver shall stop a school or church bus for receiving or discharging passengers in a no passing zone which does not afford reasonable visibility to approaching motor vehicles from both directions unless a "School Bus Stop Ahead" sign has been installed a reasonable distance before that spot in the roadway. No driver shall stop a school or church bus for the purpose of receiving passengers from or discharging passengers to the opposite side of the road on a highway of four (4) or more lanes; provided, that this provision does not prohibit the discharging of passengers at a marked pedestrian crossing. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 18, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 262, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 4. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1977–1999 · leading case: Hartford Ins. Companies of Am. v. Kentucky Sch. Boards, 17 S.W.3d 525 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999).

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Hartford Ins. Companies of Am. v. Kentucky Sch. Boards, 17 S.W.3d 525 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999). “” KRS 189.375. In the instant case, the circuit court relied heavily upon State Farm Mut.”

Croghan ex rel. Croghan v. Hart Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 549 S.W.2d 306 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 5× “The appellees contend that the reason the school bus did not stop on the highway immediately across the road from the Cro-ghan’s home was due to the provisions of KRS 189.375. KRS 189.375 states in part: “.”

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