Drivers Must Heed Flashing Red Lights on School Bus After Minn. Closes Loophole

Drivers must heed flashing red lights on school bus after MN closes loophole

BURNSVILLE — Minnesota legislators have closed a loophole in the law requiring drivers to stop for a school bus. Now drivers must stop for the flashing red lights on a bus, whether or not the stop arm is extended. The law previously required drivers to stop only when the flashing red lights were activated and the stop arm was extended. That language created a situation in which some drivers might pass the bus when the lights were flashing but th…

Drivers must heed flashing red lights on school bus after Minn. closes loophole

BURNSVILLE — Minnesota legislators have closed a loophole in the law requiring drivers to stop for a school bus. Now, drivers must stop for the flashing red lights on a bus, regardless of whether the stop arm is extended. The law previously required drivers to stop only when the flashing red lights were activated and the stop arm was extended. That language created a situation in which some drivers might pass the bus when the lights were flashin…