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Título 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Capítulo 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Artículo 8. SCHOOL BUSES

40-6-165. Operation of school buses.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    Prior to moving a school bus from a stop at which passengers have been loaded or unloaded, the driver of the bus shall check all mirrors to ensure that it is safe to place the bus in motion.#

  2. (b)

    Prior to loading or unloading passengers from a school bus, the driver shall engage the parking brakes of the bus and shall not release such brakes until each passenger boarding the bus is on board and until each passenger disembarking from the bus is off the roadway and safely on the pedestrian areas of the roadway.#

  3. (c)

    Prior to loading or unloading passengers from a school bus, the driver shall display the stop arm on the bus and shall not retract the stop arm until each passenger boarding the bus is on board and until each passenger disembarking from the bus is off the roadway and safely on the pedestrian areas of the roadway.#

  4. (d)

    The driver of a school bus shall not use or operate a wireless telecommunications device, as such term is defined in Code Section 40-6-241, or two-way radio while loading or unloading passengers.#

  5. (e)

    The driver of a school bus shall not use or operate a wireless telecommunications device, as such term is defined in Code Section 40-6-241, while the bus is in motion, unless it is being used in a similar manner as a two-way radio to allow live communication between the driver and school officials or public safety officials.#

  6. (f)

    The driver of a school bus shall instruct all passengers exiting the bus of the proper procedures of crossing the roadway in front of the bus only.#

  7. (g)

    The driver of a school bus shall ensure that the red flasher lights on the bus remain illuminated and flashing until all passengers have boarded or have exited the bus and have safely crossed the roadway and are safely on the pedestrian areas of the roadway.#

  8. (h)

    The driver of a school bus shall extend the extension arm or gate on the front of the bus until all passengers have boarded or have exited the bus and have safely crossed the roadway and are safely on the pedestrian areas of the roadway.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 40-6-165, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 621, § 7; Ga. L. 2016, p. 380, § 1/HB 777; Ga. L. 2018, p. 127, § 3/HB 673.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2004, p. 621, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This part [consisting of §§ 5-8 of the Act] shall be known and may be cited as ‘Aleana’s Law.’’’ Ga. L. 2018, p. 127, § 1/HB 673, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Hands-Free Georgia Act.’’’

Cross references

Training of school bus drivers, § 20-2-1125.

Otras notas

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, added ‘‘, unless it is being used in a similar manner as a two-way radio to allow live communication between the driver and school officials or public safety officials and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and of subsection (c) of Code Section 40-6-241.2’’ at the end of subsection (e). The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted ‘‘wireless telecommunications device, as such term is defined in Code Section 40-6-241,’’ for ‘‘cellular telephone’’ in subsections (d) and (e); and deleted ‘‘and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and of subsection (c) of Code Section 40-6-241.2’’ following ‘‘safety officials’’ at the end of subsection (e).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volumen V29, edición 2018, páginas 143 a 144; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo 82c1b132c971.