North Carolina’s Law on Stopping for a School Bus
PRESS RELEASE from Goldsboro Police Department – With summer coming to an end and school starting, please remember North Carolina’s law on stopping for a school bus. North Carolina has severe penalties for motorists who fail to comply with school bus safety rules. There is a $500 penalty for motorists who are caught passing a stopped school bus, and a five-point penalty on their driver’s license. A driver who passes a stopped school bus and strikes someone will face a Class I felony and be fined a minimum of $1,000, and the penalty is increased to a Class H felony and a fine of $2,500 if someone is killed.
For more information concerning school bus safety, please visit the Department of Public Instruction’s school bus safety website at http://www.ncbussafety.org/Safety/index.html.
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