[Code 1964, § 17-110]
A "school bus" as referred to in this article, shall mean any
bus that is used to pick up and discharge children for transportation
to and from school.
[Code 1964, §§ 17-111, 17-112, 17-115, 17-116]
(a) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway upon meeting or overtaking
from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway
for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children and
whose driver has in the manner prescribed by law given the signal
to stop, shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus and
shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled
by its driver to proceed.
(b) Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear
upon the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing
the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in
height. Each bus shall have lettered on the rear in plain and distinct
type the following: "State Law: Stop while bus is loading and unloading."
Each school bus subject to the provisions of Revised Statutes of Missouri,
sections 304.050 through 304.070 shall be equipped with a mechanical
and electrical signaling device, which will display a signal plainly
visible from the front and rear and indicating intention to stop.
(c) No driver of a school bus shall take on or discharge passengers at
any location upon a highway consisting of four (4) or more lanes of
traffic, whether or not divided by a median or barrier, in such manner
as to require the passengers to cross more than two (2) lanes of traffic;
nor shall be take on or discharge passengers while the vehicle is
upon the road or highway proper unless the vehicle so stopped is plainly
visible for at least three hundred (300) feet in each direction to
drivers of other vehicles upon the highway and then only for such
time as is actually necessary to take on and discharge passengers.
(d) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need
not stop upon meeting or overtaking a school bus which is on a different
roadway, which is proceeding in the opposite direction on a highway
containing four (4) or more lanes of traffic, or which is stopped
in a loading zone constituting a part of, or adjacent to, a limited
or controlled access highway at a point where pedestrians are not
permitted to cross the roadway.
(e) The driver of any school bus driving upon the streets of this city
after loading or unloading school children, should remain stopped
if the bus is followed by three (3) or more vehicles, until such vehicles
have been permitted to pass the school bus, if the conditions prevailing
make it safe to do so.
[Code 1964, § 17-113]
All school busses operating within the city shall be carefully
operated and kept in sound and safe operating condition and be only
operated by skilled bus drivers at all times.
[Code 1964, § 17-114]
No school bus shall be permitted to become overcrowded with
passengers so as to hinder the safe and careful operation of the school
bus.