08/25/2026
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐? ๐
School is back in session, so hereโs a quick refresher on Iowaโs school bus stopping law.
๐ก ๐๐๐- ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
Traffic traveling ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ when the school bus stops and extends its stop arm.
๐ก ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โก๏ธ Traveling ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ? You must stop.
โฌ
๏ธ Traveling ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? You do NOT have to stop.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐?
A center turn lane does ๐ง๐จ๐ญ count as a travel lane. What matters is whether there are at least ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
โ ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ:
โข Flashing amber lights = slow down and prepare to stop.
โข Stop arm extended = STOP.
โข When stopping behind a bus, stay at least ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ.
โข Stay stopped until the stop arm is retracted and the bus begins moving again.
When the bus stops, know what Iowa law requires โ and always watch for kids. ๐โค๏ธ
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ยง๐๐๐.๐๐๐