Section 9-21-12-13 - School bus; arm signal device; exception(a) Except: (1) as provided in subsection (b); or(2) when a school bus is stopped at an intersection or another place where traffic is controlled by a traffic control device or a police officer; whenever a school bus is stopped on a roadway or a private road to load or unload a student, the driver shall use an arm signal device, which must be extended while the bus is stopped.
(b) The governing body of a public school may authorize a school bus driver to load or unload a student at a location off the roadway that the governing body designates as a special school bus loading area. The driver is not required to extend the arm signal device when loading or unloading a student in the designated area.(c) A school bus driver who knowingly or intentionally violates subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-14.
Amended by P.L. 144-2019,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 217-2014, SEC. 60, eff. 1/1/2015.As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.27.