Cuando un autobús escolar tiene las luces rojas encendidas y está parado, todos los autos que se acercan deben detenerse. No puedes seguir hasta que el autobús se mueva y las luces se apaguen.
Es como cuando un semáforo está en rojo; debes detenerte hasta que cambie a verde antes de seguir.
Imagina que Juan está manejando por su vecindario y ve un autobús escolar con las luces rojas encendidas. Juan se detiene completamente como lo indica la ley, esperando pacientemente hasta que el autobús se mueva y las luces se apaguen antes de continuar su camino.
Podrías recibir sanciones por no detenerte ante un autobús escolar con luces rojas.
§ 20-217. Motor vehicles to stop for properly marked and designated school buses in certain instances; evidence of identity of driver. (a) When a school bus is displaying its mechanical stop signal or flashing red lights and the bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers, the driver of any other vehicle that approaches the school bus from any direction on the same street, highway, or public vehicular area shall bring that other vehicle to a full stop and shall remain stopped. The driver of the other vehicle shall not proceed to move, pass, or attempt to pass the school bus until after the mechanical stop signal has been withdrawn, the flashing red stoplights have been turned off, and the bus has started to move. (b) For the purpose of this section, a school bus includes a public school bus transporting children or school personnel, a public school bus transporting senior citizens under G.S. 115C-243, or a privately owned bus transporting children. This section applies only in the event the school bus bears upon the front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus." (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the driver of a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction from the school bus, upon any road, highway or city street that has been divided into two roadways, so constructed as to separate vehicular traffic between the two roadways by an intervening space (including a center lane for left turns if the roadway consi
Debes detener tu vehículo por completo y esperar hasta que el autobús se mueva y las luces se apaguen.
Sí, pero si la carretera tiene dos carriles separados por un espacio, puedes continuar si vas en la dirección opuesta.
Podrías enfrentarte a sanciones, ya que no cumplir con esta ley es considerado una infracción grave.
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