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23 V.S.A. § 1283. :: § 1283 Identification and equipment of school buses :: 2012 Vermont Statutes :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia
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§ 1283 Identification and equipment of school buses
23 V.S.A. § 1283. What's This?
(1) identified with the words, "School Bus," printed in letters not less than eight inches high, located between the warning signal lamps as high as possible without impairing visibility of the lettering from both front and rear;
(4) equipped with a system of signal lamps approved by the commissioner, including an eight light system on any new or used school bus ordered on and after July 1, 1976. The driver of a Type I or a Type II school bus shall keep the alternately flashing red signal lamps lighted whenever school children are being received or discharged, and they shall be used only for that purpose. A school bus driver found in violation of this subdivision shall be guilty of a traffic violation;
When a rod, 30 inches long, is placed upright on the ground at any point along a traverse line one foot forward of the forward most point of a school bus, and extending the width of the bus, at least 71/2 inches of the length of the rod shall be visible to the driver, either by direct view or by means of an indirect visibility system.
(c) Type I and Type II school buses being operated on a public highway and transporting primarily passengers other than school pupils shall have the words, "School Bus," covered, removed, or otherwise concealed, and the stop arms and equipment permitted by section 1281a of this title shall not be operable through the usual controls.
(d) No motor vehicle other than a school bus shall display the identifying equipment and signs required by this section. (Added 1975, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 1977, No. 102, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; 1977, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 3, 1978; 1979, No. 12, eff. March 19, 1979; No. 39, § 2; 1979, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.); 1987, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1997, No. 32, § 4.)