[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before meeting
or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus which has stopped
on a highway, private road, parking lot, school property, or at any
other location, including, without limitation, a location that is
not a highway or roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging
pupils. Such stop is required before reaching the school bus when
there is in operation on the school bus the visual signals identifying
it as such as specified in 625 ILCS 5/12-803 and 5/12-805. The driver
of the vehicle shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion
or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the school bus driver
to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having four or more lanes
which permits at least two lanes of traffic to travel in opposite
directions need not stop his vehicle upon meeting a school bus which
is stopped on the opposite roadway; and need not stop his vehicle
when driving upon a controlled-access highway when passing a school
bus traveling in either direction that is stopped in a loading zone
adjacent to the surfaced or improved part of the controlled-access
highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross such controlled-access
highway.
Every school bus used for the transportation of children shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 12, Article VIII, of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/12-800 et seq.).
