School Zone Traffic 101

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By Jenni Hogan

Happy first week of school!

I'm getting a lot of questions about driving in school zones along with approaching school buses so I decided to create a page for school zone traffic. E-mail me if you have any questions and I'll get the official answer and share the law with everyone.

Cheers,
Jenni

Question:

Ryan T -
Now that school is starting up I have a question about school buses.  If
your on a 4-lane road (2 lanes each way) and your in the far right and
the school bus is in the far left, going the opposite direction, with
his flashing lights and stop sign out, do the two right lanes need to
stop?

Answer:
Great question. The law states that you do have to stop if you are
coming the other way on a 4-lane road (2 lanes each way) unless it is
a separate roadway. That means if there is a barrier splitting the 2
directions, or a median. I've created links to the law below so you can read the official rules.

Here is how the school bus statute reads: click on this link

Here is the median rule: click on this link

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