SCHOOL BUSES; STOP SIGNALS AND REQUIREMENTS
Salt Lake City Code § 12.48.100
in effect12.48.100: SCHOOL BUSES; STOP SIGNALS AND REQUIREMENTS:
A. Every school bus, when operated for the transportation of school pupils, shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters not less than four inches (4") in height, which can be removed or covered when the vehicle is not in use as a school bus. Every school bus, when operated for the transportation of schoolchildren, shall be equipped with alternating flashing red light signals visible from the front and rear, of a type to be approved and mounted as prescribed by the state road commission; provided, that all school buses purchased or repainted after the effective date hereof shall display the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches (8") in height.
B. The driver of any vehicle upon a highway, street or road, upon meeting or overtaking any school bus equipped with signs as herein required which has stopped on a highway, street or road for the purpose of receiving or discharging any schoolchildren and when the school bus is displaying alternating flashing red light signals visible from the front or rear, shall bring such vehicle to a stop immediately before reaching said school bus and shall not proceed until the flashing signals cease operation. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with roadways separated by a dividing section need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is upon the other roadway.
C. The driver of a school bus shall operate these signals at all times when children are unloading from a school bus to cross a street, highway, or road or when a school bus is stopped for the purpose of loading children who must cross a highway, street or road to board said bus; or at any time when it would be hazardous for vehicles to proceed past the stopped school bus. Such alternating flashing red signals shall not be operated except when the school bus is stopped for loading or unloading schoolchildren or for any emergency purpose. (Prior code title 46, art. 14 § 221.1)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52985Fetched: 11/1/2026