625 ILCS 5/11-1414
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 11 - Rules Of The Road

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)Sec. 11-1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing school bus.(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before meeting or  overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped on a highway, roadway, private road, parking lot, school property, or at any other location, including, without limitation, a location that is not a highway or roadway for  the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Such stop is required before  reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school  bus the visual signals as specified in Sections 12-803 and 12-805 of this  Code. The driver of the vehicle shall not proceed until the  school bus resumes motion or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the  school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.(b) The stop signal arm required by Section 12-803 of this Code shall  be extended after the school bus has come to a complete stop for the purpose of  loading or discharging pupils and shall be closed before the school bus  is placed in motion again.  The stop signal arm shall  not be extended at any other time.(c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an  8-lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of this Code  shall be actuated after the school bus has come to a complete stop for the  purpose of  loading or discharging pupils and shall be turned off before  the school bus is placed in motion again. The red signal  lamps shall not be actuated at any other time  except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section.(d) The alternately flashing amber signal lamps of an 8-lamp  flashing signal system  required by Section 12-805 of this  Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than the last 100  feet traveled by the school bus before stopping for the purpose of loading  or discharging pupils within an urban area and during not less than  the last 200 feet traveled by the school  bus outside an urban area.  The amber signal lamps shall remain actuated  until the school  bus is stopped. The amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time.(d-5) The alternately flashing head lamps permitted by Section 12-805 of  this Code may be operated while the alternately flashing red or amber signal  lamps required by that Section are actuated.(e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having 4 or more lanes which  permits at least 2 lanes of traffic to travel in opposite directions need not  stop such vehicle upon meeting a school bus which is stopped in the opposing  roadway; and need not stop such vehicle when driving upon a controlled access  highway when passing a school bus traveling in either direction that is stopped  in a loading zone  adjacent to the surfaced or improved part of the controlled access  highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross.(f) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985,  the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of 3 months  the driving  privileges of any person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this  Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall  suspend for a period of one year the driving privileges of any person convicted  of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a) of this Section or a  similar provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation  occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition  to the suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted of  violating this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance  shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $300 or, upon a second or subsequent  violation, $1,000.  The Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any  suspension issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit  granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's  residence and place of employment or within other proper limits that the  Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A  restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject to  cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like  manner and for like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked  or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against  laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed  sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the  restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to  the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the applicant to  participate in a designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any  conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included as an  offense for the purposes of determining suspension action under any other  provision of this Code, provided however, that the penalties provided under  this subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed under other  applicable provisions are greater.The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated paragraph (a) of this  Section shall, upon appropriate demand by the State's Attorney or other  designated person acting in response to a signed complaint, provide  a written statement or deposition identifying the operator of the vehicle  if such operator was not the owner at the time of the alleged violation.  Failure to supply such information shall result in the suspension of the vehicle registration of the vehicle for a period of 3 months.  In the event the owner has assigned control for the use  of the vehicle to another, the person to whom control was assigned shall  comply with the provisions of this paragraph and be subject to the same  penalties as herein provided.  (Source: P.A. 101-55, eff. 1-1-20.)