Q: Location MN. Do you need to stop for a school bus at a T-Intersection when you are on the main road with no stop sign
School bus has red lights on, is on the road that has a stopsign to the main road.
A: Yes. If the stop arm is extended and the lights are on.
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A: The general rule is that if the stop arm is out and the lights are on you are supposed to stop until the arm is retracted and the lights are turned off.
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The 2019 version of the statute seems clear enough: Minnesota Statutes 169.444 SAFETY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN; DUTIES OF OTHER DRIVERS.
"Subdivision 1. Children getting on or off school bus. When a school bus is stopped on a street or highway, or other location where signs have been erected under section 169.443, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and is displaying an extended stop-signal arm and flashing red lights, the driver of a vehicle approaching the bus shall stop the vehicle at least 20 feet away from the bus. The vehicle driver shall not allow the vehicle to move until the school bus stop-signal arm is retracted and the red lights are no longer flashing.
Subd. 1a. Passing on right. No person may pass or attempt to pass a school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand, passenger-door side of the bus when the school bus is displaying the prewarning flashing amber signals as required in section 169.443, subdivision 1."
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