Terms Used In South Carolina Code 59-67-230

  • school bus: shall be construed to mean every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school. See South Carolina Code 59-67-10
The operator of any school bus shall, before crossing at grade any tracks of any railroad, bring his vehicle to a full and complete stop within not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from the rail of the track nearest to the front of such vehicle and shall, after such stop, ascertain if it is safe to proceed before crossing such tracks.