Ohio § 4511.771 Signal lamps to be equipped with flashing red and amber lights

Ohio Statutes

§ 4511.771 — Signal lamps to be equipped with flashing red and amber lights

Ohio § 4511.771

Title 45Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft

Ch. 4511Traffic Laws - Operation Of Motor Vehicles

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.771 (2026).

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(A)Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required pursuant to sections4511.76,4511.761,4511.764, and4511.77of the Revised Code, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high as practicable, which shall display to the front two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level, and these lights shall be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight. The alternately flashing red lights shall be spaced as widely as practicable, and the alternately flashing amber lights shall be located next to them.

(B)Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this secti

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(A) Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required pursuant to sections4511.76,4511.761,4511.764, and4511.77of the Revised Code, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high as practicable, which shall display to the front two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights and two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level, and these lights shall be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight. The alternately flashing red lights shall be spaced as widely as practicable, and the alternately flashing amber lights shall be located next to them.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(C) This section does not apply to a multifunction school activity bus.

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