TITLE 31
Motor and Other vehicles
CHAPTER 31-24
Lighting Equipment and Reflectors
SECTION 31-24-54
§ 31-24-54 Strobe lights on school buses.
All new school buses, as defined in § 31-1-3(z), shall at all times be
equipped with a rear-viewing, rear-mounted white flashing strobe light, meeting
the following requirements:
(1) A white flashing strobe light will be installed on the
roof of a school bus; at a point not to exceed one-third (1/3) the body length
forward from the rear of the roof edge;
(2) The strobe light will have a single clear lens emitting
light three hundred sixty (360) degrees around its vertical axis and may not
extend above the roof more than maximum legal height;
(3) The light will not exceed nine inches (9") in height or
nine inches (9") in diameter;
(4) A manual switch and a pilot light will be included to
indicate when light is in operation;
(5) The strobe light will be wired to activate with the amber
alternately flashing signal lamps, continuing through the full loading or
unloading cycle, with an override switch. The strobe light shall not be
activated while the bus is moving; and
(6) Violations of this section are subject to fines
enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2000, ch. 487, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 121; P.L. 2004, ch.
6, § 18; P.L. 2005, ch. 410, § 16; P.L. 2005, ch. 426, §
1.)
