A school bus driver shall actuate the visual signals required by Code Sections 40-8-111 and 40-8-115 whenever, but only whenever, the school bus is stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signals:
- At intersections or other places where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or police officers; or
- In designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway.
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 89; Code 1933, § 68A-706, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.
Cross references.
Code section not applicable to public transit systems transporting school children, § 40-8-114 .