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Stopping for school buses
All school buses in Ontario, whatever their size, are chrome yellow and display the words 'School Bus'. Drivers of all types of vehicles must stop a safe distance from a school bus that is loading or unloading students. The school bus stopping law applies on any road no matter how many lanes or what the speed limit. Be prepared to stop for a school bus at any time, not just during school hours.
Here are the rules to remember.
-- No matter what direction you are travelling in, you must stop whenever you approach a stopped school bus with its upper alternating red lights flashing.
-- School buses also use a stop sign arm (a standard stop sign with alternating flashing red lights at the top and bottom) on the driver's side of the bus. This arm swings out after the upper alternating red lights begin to flash. Do not start moving your vehicle until the arm folds away and all lights stop flashing.
-- The only time you do not have to stop is when you are travelling on a road with a median and the school bus is coming from the opposite direction. A median is a raised, or lowered concrete, or earth strip dividing a road where vehicles travel opposite directions on each side.
-- Where there is no median, and you are coming from the opposite direction, stop at a safe distance for children to get off the bus and cross the road in front of you. If you are coming from behind the bus, the law requires you to stop at least 20 metres behind the bus. Do not start moving your vehicle until the bus moves or the lights have stopped flashing.
-- All school buses, regardless of whether or not they are loaded with children, must stop at all railway crossings.
The altemating red lights are not used for these types of stops, so be alert.
If you do not stop for a school bus, you can be fined $400 to $2,000 and receive six demerit points for a first offence. If you are convicted a second time within five years, the penalty is a fine of $1,000 to $4,000 and six demerit points as well as a possible jail sentence of up to six months.