Utah Code 41-6a-1301. Standards and specifications for lighting and special warning devices on school buses

41-6a-1301. Standards and specifications for lighting and special warning devices on school buses.

(1)

(i)	designed for carrying more than 15 passengers and used for the transportation of persons; or

(ii)

designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

School bus: means a motor vehicle that:

(i)	complies with the color and identification requirements of the most recent edition of "Minimum Standards for School Buses"; and

(ii)	is used to transport school children to or from school or school activities. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
(a)	A school bus shall be equipped with red signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable.

(b)	The red signal lamps shall display two alternately flashing red lights, located at the same level, to the front and rear of the school bus.

(c)	The red signal lamps shall be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.

(2)

(a)	A school bus shall be equipped with yellow signal lamps mounted near each of the four red signal lamps and at the same level but closer to the vertical centerline of the bus.

(b)	The yellow signal lamps shall display two alternately flashing yellow lights to the front and rear of the school bus.

(c)	The yellow signal lamps shall be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.

(3)	A school bus driver shall activate the yellow signal lamps at least 100 feet, but not more than 500 feet, before every stop at which the alternately flashing red lights are activated.

(4)	A violation of this section is an infraction.

Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session