Sec. 14-281a. Speed of school buses. Display of head lamps.
Sec. 14-281a. Speed of school buses. Display of head lamps. (a) Every school
bus shall be operated at a safe rate of speed, consistent with the volume of traffic, intersections, curves, railway crossings and any other condition requiring special caution. The
maximum speed shall not exceed fifty miles per hour on divided limited access highways
and forty miles per hour on all other highways or, where highway signs indicate lower
speeds, shall not exceed such posted speed limits.
(b) Each school bus and student transportation vehicle shall display lighted head
lamps while transporting school children.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 324; P.A. 75-577, S. 106, 126; P.A. 90-112, S. 7, 14.)
History: P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 90-112 divided section into Subsecs. and
inserted new language as Subsec. (b), requiring school buses and student transportation vehicles to display lighted head
lamps while transporting school children.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.