A.R.S. 28-900
School bus rules
A. The department of administration in consultation with the department of public safety and with the school bus advisory council established by section 28-3053 shall adopt rules as necessary to improve the safety and welfare of school bus passengers by minimizing the probability of accidents involving school buses and school bus passengers and by minimizing the risk of serious bodily injury to school bus passengers in the event of an accident.
B. The rules may include:
1. Minimum standards for the design and equipment of school buses.
2. Minimum standards for the periodic inspection and maintenance of school buses.
3. Procedures for the operation of school buses.
4. Other criteria as deemed by the department of administration, the department of public safety and the school bus advisory council to be necessary and appropriate to ensure the safe operation of school buses.
C. The rules shall provide, if applicable, minimum standards equal to or more restrictive than those adopted by the United States department of transportation in accordance with 23 United States Code and rules adopted pursuant to 23 United States Code.
D. Notwithstanding a rule adopted by the department of administration with respect to exterior color of a school bus, in order to reduce the interior temperature of a school bus, the exterior top of a school bus may be painted white, but the white area shall not extend beyond the center clearance lights, front and rear, and shall not extend below a line five inches above the top of the side windows.
E. An officer or employee of any school district who violates any of the rules or who fails to include the obligation to comply with the rules in any contract executed by the officer or employee on behalf of a school district is guilty of misconduct and is subject to removal from office or employment. Any person who operates a school bus under contract with a school district and who fails to comply with any of the rules is in breach of contract, and the school district shall cancel the contract after notice and a hearing by the responsible officers of the school district.
F. The department of public safety shall enforce the rules adopted pursuant to this section.
Comment: Arizona DPS and other government agencies have a responsibility to set up rules and procedures insuring the safety of school bus riders.
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A.R.S. 28-901
Maximum number in school bus; stops at school
A. Except for the purpose of conducting drills under school rules and in the emergency evacuation or dispersal of pupils and school personnel, a person shall not operate a school bus on a public highway:
1. While carrying more passengers than can be properly seated.
2. While a person is standing in the school bus.
B. In receiving or discharging children at the school, a person who drives a vehicle carrying children to and from school shall stop the vehicle on the side of the highway on which the school is located.
Comment: A bus driver must avoid negligence by following this Arizona statute.
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A.R.S. 28-902
Repainting government vehicle
If a motor vehicle that is painted yellow and that is owned or operated by this state, a county, city, town or political subdivision of this state, a school district or a school is sold or transferred to a private owner, the private owner shall repaint the motor vehicle a different color and obliterate all official painted insignia before the motor vehicle is driven on a public highway.
Comment: Specific types of government vehicles that are later owned by a private person cannot look like a government auto and must be altered.
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A.R.S. 28-903
Operation of motorcycle on laned roadway; exceptions
A. All motorcycles are entitled to the full use of a lane. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection does not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.
B. The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
C. A person shall not operate a motorcycle between the lanes of traffic or between adjacent rows of vehicles.
D. A person shall not operate a motorcycle more than two abreast in a single lane.
E. Subsections B and C do not apply to peace officers in the performance of their official duties.
Comment: Basically a motorcycle will have the same rights as an automobile to occupy a lane on the road.
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