Section 9-21-12-1 - Arm signal device extended; duty; penalty; license suspension; presumption(a) A person who drives a vehicle that: (1) meets or overtakes from any direction a school bus stopped on a roadway or a private road and is not stopped before reaching the school bus when the arm signal device specified in IC 9-21-12-13 is in the device's extended position; or(2) proceeds before the arm signal device is no longer extended; commits a Class A infraction.
(b) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this section, the court may suspend the person's driving privileges: (1) for ninety (90) days; or(2) if the person has committed at least one (1) previous offense under this section or IC 9-21-8-52(b), for one (1) year.(c) This section is applicable only if the school bus is in substantial compliance with the markings required by the state school bus committee.(d) There is a rebuttable presumption that the owner of the vehicle involved in the violation of this section committed the violation. This presumption does not apply to the owner of a vehicle involved in the violation of this section if the owner routinely engages in the business of renting the vehicle for periods of thirty (30) days or less.Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-123(a); (b). Pre-2007 Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-14.
Amended by P.L. 144-2019,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 217-2014, SEC. 52, eff. 1/1/2015.As added by P.L. 2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L. 127-1993, SEC.2; P.L. 1-2005, SEC.104.