456. The driver of a bus or minibus used for the transportation of school children must, when stopping to take on or discharge persons, give warning by turning on the flashing red lights and activate the compulsory stop signal referred to in section 229 and keep them in operation until the persons have reached safety.
The first paragraph does not apply to such a vehicle when it is used exclusively for transporting school children who require a wheelchair.
1986, c. 91, s. 456; 1993, c. 42, s. 8; 2008, c. 14, s. 49.