(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is authorized to adopt standards and specifications applicable to lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school buses consistent with the provisions of this chapter, but supplemental thereto, and except that such standards and specifications may designate and permit the use of flashing warning signal lights on school buses for the purpose of indicating when children are boarding or alighting from any said bus. Such standards and specifications shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the specifications then current as approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
(b) It shall be unlawful to operate any flashing warning signal light on any school bus except when any said school bus is stopped or is slowing down to stop on any street or highway for the purpose of permitting school children to board or alight from said school bus.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17C. Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road
Article 12. Special Stops Required
§17C-12-1. Obedience to Signal Indicating Approach of Train
§17C-12-2. All Vehicles Must Stop at Certain Railroad Grade Crossings
§17C-12-3. Certain Vehicles Must Stop at All Railroad Grade Crossings
§17C-12-4. Moving Heavy Equipment at Railroad Grade Crossings
§17C-12-5. Vehicles Must Stop at Through Highways; Erection of Signs
§17C-12-6. Stopping Before Emerging From Alley or Private Driveway; Penalty
§17C-12-8. Special Lighting Equipment on School Buses
§17C-12-9. School Bus Drivers May Present Complaint Directly to Magistrate