ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — As more school buses are equipped with cameras to catch drivers who fail to stop, new legislation aims to amend current traffic laws regarding school bus stops on divided highways.
Currently, drivers traveling in both directions on a divided highway must stop when a school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing, even if a physical barrier, such as a median, separates the lanes of opposing traffic.
A bill sponsored by Long Island State Senator Steven Rhoads (R, C) seeks to change this requirement. Under the proposed amendment to the vehicle and traffic law, drivers traveling in the opposite direction of a stopped school bus on a divided highway with four or more lanes and a physical barrier would no longer be required to stop…