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School bus stop laws are laws dictating what a motorist must do in the vicinity of a bus stop being used by a school bus or other bus, coach or minibus providing school transport. ==School bus stop laws in the United States and Canada== Jurisdictions in the United States (including overseas territories) and Canada have adopted various school bus stop laws that require drivers to stop and wait for a stopped school bus loading or unloading, so as to protect school children boarding or alighting. Generally, if a stopped school bus is displaying a flashing, alternating red lamp, a driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking the stopped bus from either direction (front or back) must stop and wait until the bus moves again or the red light is off.〔(TIP #10: SCHOOL BUS STOPS )〕 Police officers, school crossing guards, and even school bus drivers themselves may have the power to wave traffic on, even when a red light is flashing. On divided highways, most American and Canadian jurisdictions do not require vehicular drivers to stop when on the opposite side of the road from a stopped school bus. Those that ''do'' require vehicles to stop are: * West Virginia upon a non-controlled-access highway * Arkansas in case a divider has less than 20 feet (6 m) in width (narrow divider). * New York State〔http://www.dmv.ny.gov/dmanual/chapter06-manual.htm, NYS Driver's Manual Chapter 6 - School Buses〕 * American Samoa * Guam * British Columbia * Nova Scotia * Prince Edward Island * Northwest Territories * Nunavut American and Canadian jurisdictions have sought to deter illegal passing stopped school buses by increased enforcement and heavy penalties, including fines, application of demerit points against a driver's license or even license suspension. Nevertheless, violations are common. An officer must witness the violation, and even when citations issued, getting convictions is often difficult; sometimes traffic courts consider the evidence insufficient, or reduce the charge because the penalty for a first offense seems excessive. There are, however, exceptions. Missouri has Jessica's Law, which grants the right of a school bus driver to report the offense, in which case the driver is automatically cited. Cobb County, an urban county in Metro Atlanta, has added bus cameras, as a deterrent, which can detect and automatically report vehicles passing a bus. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c300-399/3040000050.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「School bus traffic stop laws」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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