Reglas de seguridad al detenerse frente a un autobús escolar

Explicación Simple

Cuando un autobús escolar está parado y tiene luces rojas parpadeando, debes detener tu auto al menos a 20 pies de distancia. No puedes moverte hasta que el autobús deje de tener las luces encendidas.

Es como cuando un semáforo se pone en rojo; debes parar y esperar hasta que se ponga en verde para seguir.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan conduce su auto por la calle y ve un autobús escolar detenido con luces rojas. Juan se detiene a una distancia segura y espera hasta que el autobús cierre su brazo de paro y apague las luces antes de continuar su camino.

Penalidades

Multa mínima de $500 por no detenerse; multa más severa si se pasa el autobús en situaciones peligrosas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

When a school bus is stopped on a street or highway, or other location where signs have been erected under section169.443, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and is displaying an extended stop-signal arm and flashing red lights, the driver of a vehicle approaching the bus shall stop the vehicle at least 20 feet away from the bus. The vehicle driver shall not allow the vehicle to move until the school bus stop-signal arm is retracted and the red lights are no longer flashing. No person may pass or attempt to pass a school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand, passenger-door side of the bus when the school bus is displaying the prewarning flashing amber signals as required in section169.443, subdivision 1. (a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500. (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor vehicle or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, and commits either or both of the following acts: (1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand, passenger-door side of the bus; or (2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.