Georgia School Bus Laws
Article 8 |
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40-6-160 Speed Limits |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section,
it shall be unlawful to operate:
(1) A school bus transporting school children to and from school
or to and from school activities at a speed greater than 40
miles per hour on a public road other than one which is a part
of a National System Interstate and Defense Highways; or
(2) A school bus transporting school children to and from school
activities on a public road which is part of a National System
of Interstate or Defense Highways at a speed of greater than
55 miles per hour.
(b) When a school bus is transporting school children to and from an
event or school activity or an express bus transporting children
during such transportation, the speed limit shall be 55 miles per
hour on other public roads as well as those which are part of the
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. (amended by
GA.L. 1992 p. 2785)
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40-6-161 School bus headlights must be lit when transporting children. |
It shall be unlawful to operate any school bus, which is transporting
children unless the headlights are illuminated.
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40-6-162 Use of Visual Signals. |
A school bus driver shall actuate the visual signals required by Code 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:
(1) At intersections or other places where traffic is controlled by traffic-
control signals or police officers; or
(2) In designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway.
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40-6-163 Driver of Vehicle Meeting or Overtaking School Bus; |
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the driver of
a vehicle meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus
stopped on the highway shall stop before reaching such school bus
when there are in operation on the school bus the visual signals as
specified in Code Sections 40-8-111 and 40-8-115, and such driver
shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the visual
signals are no longer actuated.
(b) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadway need
not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different
roadway, or upon a controlled-access highway when the school bus is
stopped in a loading zone which is part of or adjacent to such highway
and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(c) Every school bus driver who observes a violation of subsection (a) of
this Code section is authorized and directed to record specifically the
vehicle description, license of the offending vehicle and time and place
of occurance on forms furnished by the Department of Public Safety.
Such report shall be submitted within 15 days of the occurance of the
violation to the local law enforcement agency which has law
enforcement jurisdiction where the alleged offense occured.
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