Wis JI-Civil 1133A

A Department of Transportation regulation provides that a school bus shall be

equipped with a 360-degree flashing white strobe light having a flashrate of 60 to 120 per

minute and either flashing red warning lights or flashing red and amber warning lights.

A safety statute provides that the operator of a school bus equipped with flashing red

and amber warning lights shall do all of the following when stopping to load or unload

pupils or other authorized passengers:

First, actuate the flashing amber warning lights at least 300 feet before stopping in a

45 miles per hour or greater speed zone or at least 100 feet before stopping in a less than

45 mile per hour speed zone.

Second, at the point of loading or unloading, bring the bus to a stop, extinguish the

flashing amber warning lights, and actuate the flashing red warning lights.

Third, after loading or unloading is completed and persons who must cross the

highway are safely across, extinguish the flashing red warning lights.

A failure to comply with the regulation and safety statute is negligence.