§ 31-5-507 — Meeting or passing stopped school bus; markings and visual signals

Wyoming § 31-5-507

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 5: REGULATION OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS
• Art. 5: STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING

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(a) The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking
from either direction any stopped school bus shall stop before
reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school
bus the flashing red lights as specified in W.S. 31-5-929 and
the driver shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion
or the flashing red lights are no longer actuated.
(b) Every school bus shall bear upon the front and rear
thereof plainly visible signs containing the words "school bus"
in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height, and in
addition shall be equipped with red visual signals meeting the
requirements of W.S. 31-5-929, which shall be actuated by the
driver of the school bus whenever the vehicle is stopped and is
receiving or discharging school children in designated school
bus loading areas. When stopped to receive or discharge school
children, the school bus driver shall keep the bus as far to the
right of the roadway as reasonable. Except at a crosswalk, no
school bus shall receive or discharge school children upon a
roadway with four (4) or more lanes if the child would be
required to cross a lane. The board of trustees of a school
district may waive the requirement in this subsection that
school bus drivers actuate visual signals if:
(i) The board finds the safety of children is not
jeopardized; and
(ii) The bus is not on a public roadway.
(c) Before a school bus is sold by a school district all
legal markings on the bus indicating it was once a school bus
shall be concealed with paint unless sold to another school
district in Wyoming.
(d) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate
roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus
which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access
highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is
a part of or adjacent to the highway and where pedestrians are
not permitted to cross the roadway.
(e) A recording of images produced by a video system
equipped on a school bus under W.S. 21-3-131(b)(x) shall be
prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it. A recorded
image evidencing a violation of subsection (a) of this section
shall be admissible in a judicial or administrative proceeding
to adjudicate liability for the violation. If the identity of
the driver of a vehicle that violates subsection (a) of this
section is unknown, the registered owner of the vehicle recorded
by a video system as provided in this subsection shall be fined
one hundred ninety-five dollars ($195.00) provided that:
(i) A fine issued to a registered owner of a vehicle
under this subsection shall not be considered a moving violation
for the purpose of suspending a driver's license under W.S. 31-
7-129 and shall not be considered a conviction under W.S. 31-5-
1201 or as a prior conviction for any other purpose; and
(ii) It shall be a defense to enforcement of a fine
issued under this subsection that the registered owner of the
vehicle:
(A) Did not provide express or implied consent
to the person who was operating the vehicle at the time of the
violation; or
(B) Transferred ownership of the vehicle to a
new owner prior to the observed violation.