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Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.771 (2026)

Signal lamps to be equipped with flashing red and amber lights

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House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly
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(A) Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required pursuant to sections 4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.764, and 4511.77 of the Revised Code, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high as practicable, which shall display to the front two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level, and these lights shall be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight. The alternately flashing red lights shall be spaced as widely as practicable, and the alternately flashing amber lights shall be located next to them.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(C) This section does not apply to a multifunction school activity bus.

Last updated July 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1995–1997 · leading case: Hensley v. Toledo Area Reg'l Transit Auth., 700 N.E.2d 641 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997).
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Hensley v. Toledo Area Reg'l Transit Auth., 700 N.E.2d 641 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). “75(B) (requiring every school bus to be equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of R.C. 4511.771 as well as requiring an automatically extending stop warning sign); R.”
Vill. of Woodmere v. Kelbach, 655 N.E.2d 429 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× ““(B) Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, and an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the state board of education, which shall be actuated by the driver…”
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