§ 9-21-12-1 — Arm signal device extended; duty; penalty; license suspension; presumption

(a) A person who drives a vehicle that:
(1) meets or overtakes from any direction a school bus stopped on
a roadway or a private road and is not stopped before reaching the
school bus when the arm signal device specified in IC 9-21-12-13
is in the device's extended position; or
(2) proceeds before the arm signal device is no longer extended;
commits a Class A infraction.
(b) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this section, the
court may suspend the person's driving privileges:
(1) for ninety (90) days; or
(2) if the person has committed at least one (1) previous offense
under this section or IC 9-21-8-52(b), for one (1) year.
(c) This section is applicable only if the school bus is in substantial
compliance with the markings required by the state school bus
committee.
(d) There is a rebuttable presumption that the owner of the vehicle
involved in the violation of this section committed the violation. This
presumption does not apply to the owner of a vehicle involved in the
violation of this section if the owner routinely engages in the business
of renting the vehicle for periods of thirty (30) days or less.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-123(a); (b).
Pre-2007 Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-14.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.127-1993, SEC.2; P.L.1-2005, SEC.104; P.L.217-2014, SEC.52; P.L.144-2019, SEC.3.