Post by pavel on May 13, 2016 4:23:31 GMT -6
A law that goes into effect July 1 will allow an exception to motorists having to stop for school buses loading or unloading students.
The exception is limited to drivers of a vehicle on a four-lane divided highway, with two lanes in the opposite direction.
The driver of a vehicle won’t have to stop when meeting or passing a school bus stopped in the opposite direction if students don’t have to cross the roadway.
State Rep. Greg Haney, R-Gulfport, said he doesn’t know if anyone was ever written a ticket for not stopping on a four-lane divided highway, but the law is on the books.
Read more: www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/12/mississippi-motorists-exception-school-bus-law/84309984/
The exception is limited to drivers of a vehicle on a four-lane divided highway, with two lanes in the opposite direction.
The driver of a vehicle won’t have to stop when meeting or passing a school bus stopped in the opposite direction if students don’t have to cross the roadway.
State Rep. Greg Haney, R-Gulfport, said he doesn’t know if anyone was ever written a ticket for not stopping on a four-lane divided highway, but the law is on the books.
Read more: www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/12/mississippi-motorists-exception-school-bus-law/84309984/