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Clarifying when drivers must stop for school buses in Ohio
Summary
An agency official summarized Ohio rules for stopping when school buses display red lights and an extended stop arm and explained how the agency handles reports of drivers who illegally pass stopped buses.
A city agency official explained when motorists in Ohio must stop for yellow school buses: on roads with fewer than four lanes, traffic in both directions must stop; on roads with four or more lanes, traffic in the opposite direction does not have to stop. "On roads with fewer than 4 lanes, traffic in both directions must stop," the official said, adding the four-lane exception applies under state law.
The official outlined enforcement steps when drivers pass stopped buses: school districts are required to notify the agency if a bus is passed, and the agency will follow up. "If we can prove who the driver was ... we will actually cite that person and require them to go to court," the official said. Callers should use the nonemergency number and provide license-plate information to assist enforcement.
