(a)  Rural communities are exempted from the provisions of § 31-20-10.3(b) when:

(1)  A school bus is turning one hundred and eighty degrees (180 degrees) on a road;

(2)  A school bus is backing up on a road; or

(3)  A school bus is stopping on a road of low traffic flow.

(b)  For purposes of this section, “rural community” means any community in which there is a regionalized school district and the towns of Burrillville, Scituate, Little Compton, and New Shoreham.

(c)  For purposes of this section, “low traffic flow” means any road designated as a road with low traffic flow by the state traffic commission.