09/26/2024
If you drive you should read this! This struck a chord with me and is one that we can all take a moment to revisit!
It has been brought to our attention that drivers are not stopping for bus stop signs. When the stop sign is out, you must stop while the bus is loading or unloading. Included below is an excerpt from the Code of Alabama Section 32-5A-154:
(a) The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children on a highway, on a roadway, on school property, or upon a private road or any church bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers shall bring the vehicle to a complete stop before reaching the school or church bus when there is in operation on the school or church bus a visual signal as specified in Section 32-5A-155. The driver shall not proceed until the school or church bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school or church bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
1st Offense: $150 - $300 Fine
2nd Offense: $300 - $500 Fine, 100 hours community service, 30 day driver license suspension
3rd Offense: $500 - $1000 Fine, 200 hours community service, 90 day driver license suspension
4th Offense: $1000 - $3000 Fine, Class "C" Felony, one year driver license suspension
From one concerned human, citizen, parent, and driver to another!
