Law for stopping for school bus on divided four-lane road in Virginia?

Answer 1

New South Carolina law does not require you to stop on any four lane road for a stopped school bus if you are headed in the opposite direciton. The old law required you to stop if you were separated by only painted lines - you could keep going if there was a grass median. It is now not legal for bus drivers to drop off children if they must cross a four lane highway, therefore opposing traffic does not have to stop on this type of roadway.

The new law has been poorly marked by signs, so a lot of people don't know any better and still stop going the opposite direction on five lane roads.

Texas law states that you must stop at all times for a school bus with it's red lights on unless you are travelling in the opposite direction of the bus on a highway that is divided by a grass medium or physical barrier.That does not include divided city streets,only highways. Unless there is some new law here, that is the way it stands now.

CORRECTION: Texas traffic code defines "highway" as ANY public roadway. So, if you're on a public roadway with a PHYSICAL median and you are travelling the opposite direction of the school bus (on the other side of the median), then you may proceed cautiously. NOTE: This does NOT include simple left-turn lanes without a physical median.

In many (most?) states the median described in the question defines a "divided" highway and the opposing traffic is not required to stop. All state laws are different CHECK YOUR OWN STATE!

Answer 2

In Virginia, if a school bus has stopped on a divided highway with a physical barrier dividing the lanes (such as a concrete barrier, grassy median, or guardrail), vehicles traveling in the opposite direction are not required to stop. However, vehicles following the bus in the same direction must come to a stop until the bus resumes motion or the bus's stop arm is retracted.

Answer 3

Drivers in Washington state are not required to stop for a school bus on any highway (Under Washington law, any public road is defined as a highway) with three or more lanes when traveling in the opposite direction.This has been interpreted to mean that when approaching a bus from the opposite direction on a normal road with a turn lane, or a road with two lanes in each direction, etc., a driver is not required to stop their vehicle. This is an unusual law, but arguably leads to a higher safety level for children, as they are then required to be dropped on the same side of the road as the bus exit on anything greater than a two-lane road as provided by RCW 46.61.370. Ohio has a similar exception for roads with four or more lanes.

Answer 4

Well what i know is that you only need to stop for a school bus on a four lane road if there is no median but if there is a median you can pass a stopped school bus