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Vehicle Code § 34501.6

DIVISION 14.8. SAFETY REGULATIONS

Current as of September 28, 2026Veh. Code, § 34501.6Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 624, Sec. 9. Effective September 14, 1992.

The governing board of a local educational agency that provides for the transportation of pupils shall adopt procedures that limit the operation of schoolbuses when atmospheric conditions reduce visibility on the roadway to 200 feet or less during regular home-to-school transportation service. Operational policies for school activity trips shall give schoolbus drivers discretionary authority to discontinue schoolbus operation if the driver determines that it is unsafe to continue operation because of reduced visibility.