§ 9-21-12-13 — School bus; arm signal device; exception

Indiana § 9-21-12-13

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 21: TRAFFIC REGULATION
• Ch. 12: School Buses; Fire and Emergency Vehicles

Text

(a) Except:
(1) as provided in subsection (b); or
(2) when a school bus is stopped at an intersection or another
place where traffic is controlled by a traffic control device or a
police officer;
whenever a school bus is stopped on a roadway or a private road to
load or unload a student, the driver shall use an arm signal device,
which must be extended while the bus is stopped.
(b) The governing body of a public school may authorize a school
bus driver to load or unload a student at a location off the roadway that
the governing body designates as a special school bus loading area. The
driver is not required to extend the arm signal device when loading or
unloading a student in the designated area.
(c) A school bus driver who knowingly or intentionally violates
subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-14.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.27. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.60; P.L.144-2019, SEC.4.