{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-705","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-705","heading":"Meeting or overtaking stopped school bus – Violation","body":"and penalty - Reporting violations – Video monitoring on buses.\n\nA. The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a school bus\n\nthat is stopped to take on or discharge school children, and on\n\nwhich the red loading signals are in operation, is to stop the\n\nvehicle before it reaches the school bus and not proceed until the\n\nloading signals are deactivated and then proceed past such school\n\nbus at a speed which is reasonable and with due caution for the\n\nsafety of such school children and other occupants. Any person\n\nconvicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be\n\npunished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).\n\nIn addition to the fine, a special assessment of One Hundred Dollars\n\n($100.00) shall be assessed, of which seventy-five percent (75%)\n\nshall be deposited to the credit of the Cameras for School Bus Stops\n\nRevolving Fund established in Section 9-119 of Title 70 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the\n\nspecial assessment shall be deposited to the credit of the reviewing\n\nlaw enforcement agency referred to in subsection E of this section.\n\nB. Visual signals, meeting the requirements of Section 12-228\n\nof this title, shall be actuated by the driver of said school bus\n\nwhenever, but only whenever, such vehicle is stopped on the highway\n\nfor the purpose of receiving or discharging school children.\n\nC. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate\n\nroadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is\n\non a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and\n\nthe school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or\n\nadjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to\n\ncross the roadway.\n\nD. If the driver of a school bus witnesses a violation of the\n\nprovisions of subsection A of this section, on or before the end of\n\nthe next business day following the alleged offense, the driver\n\nshall report the violation, the vehicle color, license tag number,\n\nand the time and place such violation occurred to the law\n\nenforcement authority of the municipality where the violation\n\noccurred. The law enforcement authority of a municipality shall\n\nissue a letter of warning on the alleged violation to the person in\n\nwhose name the vehicle is registered. The Office of the Attorney\n\nGeneral shall provide a form letter to each municipal law\n\nenforcement agency in this state for the issuance of the warning\n\nprovided for in this subsection. Such form letter shall be used by\n\neach such law enforcement agency in the exact form provided for by\n\nthe Office of the Attorney General. A warning letter issued\n\npursuant to this subsection shall not be recorded on the driving\n\nrecord of the person to whom such letter was issued. Issuance of a\n\nwarning letter pursuant to this section shall not preclude the\n\nimposition of other penalties as provided by law.\n\nE. 1. A school district may install and operate a video-\n\nmonitoring system in or on the school buses or the bus stop-arms\n\noperated by the district or contract with a private vendor to do so\n\non behalf of the school district for the purpose of recording\n\nviolations of subsection A of this section. In the event the video-\n\nmonitoring system captures a recording of a violation of subsection\n\nA of this section, appropriate personnel at the school district\n\nshall extract data related to the violation from the recording. The\n\nextracted data shall include a recorded image or video containing\n\nthe requirements listed in paragraph 2 of this subsection. The\n\nschool district shall submit the extracted data for review to the\n\nlaw enforcement agency with jurisdiction in which the violation\n\noccurred. If the reviewing law enforcement agency determines there\n\nis sufficient evidence to identify the vehicle and the driver, such\no containing\n\nthe requirements listed in paragraph 2 of this subsection. The\n\nschool district shall submit the extracted data for review to the\n\nlaw enforcement agency with jurisdiction in which the violation\n\noccurred. If the reviewing law enforcement agency determines there\n\nis sufficient evidence to identify the vehicle and the driver, such\n\nevidence shall be submitted to the district attorney's office for\n\nprosecution.\n\n2. For the purposes of this subsection, \"video-monitoring\n\nsystem\" means a system with one or more camera sensors and computers\n\ninstalled and operated on a school bus that produces live digital\n\nand recorded video of motor vehicles being operated in violation of\n\nsubsection A of this section. The system shall, at a minimum,\n\nproduce a recorded image of the license plate of the vehicle, an\n\nidentifiable picture of the driver's face, the activation status of\n\nat least one warning device as prescribed in Section 12-228 of this\n\ntitle and the time, date and location of the vehicle when the image\n\nwas recorded.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a0c70ce1f976c84e48ff6143f6964f1bf667745a4aa8bf906ed69e4790bd5746","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-704","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-705.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}