Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-12-228

school buses and church buses.

A. In addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings

required by this title, every school bus and every church bus shall

be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced

laterally as practicable, which shall display to the front two

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alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the

rear two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level.

These lights shall be visible at five hundred (500) feet in normal

sunlight.

B. Every school bus shall bear upon the front and rear thereof

plainly visible signs containing the words "SCHOOL BUS" in letters

not less than eight (8) inches in height, located between the

warning signal lights as high as possible without impairing

visibility of the lettering, and have no other lettering on the

front or rear of the vehicle, except as required by 47 C.F.R., Part

571.

C. Every church bus shall bear upon the front and rear thereof

plainly visible signs containing the words "CHURCH BUS" in letters

not less than eight (8) inches in height, located between the

warning signal lights as high as possible without impairing

visibility of the lettering. In addition, such church bus may be

equipped with visual signals meeting the requirements of subsection

A of this section.

D. Every school bus manufactured on or after September 1, 1992,

shall be equipped with a stop signal arm that complies with 49

C.F.R., Section 571.131.

E. In addition to the lights required by subsection A of this

section, any school bus shall be equipped with amber signal lamps

mounted near each of the four red lamps and at the same level but

closer to the vertical center line of the bus, which shall display

two alternately flashing amber lights to the front and two

alternately flashing amber lights to the rear. These lights shall

be visible at five hundred (500) feet in normal sunlight. These

lights shall be displayed by the school bus driver at least one

hundred (100) feet, but not more than five hundred (500) feet,

before every stop at which the alternately flashing red lights

required by subsection A will be actuated.

F. The State Board of Education, with the approval of the

Commissioner of Public Safety, is authorized to adopt standards and

specifications applicable to lighting equipment on and special

warning devices to be carried by school buses consistent with, and

supplemental to, the provisions of this chapter. Such standards and

specifications shall be identical to any Federal Motor Vehicle

Safety Standard which regulates the same aspect of performance of

the same equipment or device. Where there is no applicable Federal

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, the standards and specifications

shall conform to the greatest extent feasible with any other

relevant standard issued or endorsed by federal agencies or

recognized standard-setting organizations.

G. During the time any school bus or church bus is operating,

the school bus or church bus shall have its headlights activated.

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H. It shall be unlawful to operate any red flashing warning

signal light on any school bus except when any said school bus is

stopped on a highway for the purpose of permitting school children

to board or discharge from said school bus.

I. It shall be unlawful to operate any red flashing warning

signal light on any church bus except when any said bus is stopped

on a highway for the purpose of permitting passengers to board or

discharge from said bus.

J. The use of the signal equipment described herein shall

impose upon drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right-

of-way and stop for school buses, as prescribed in Section 11-705 of

this title, and for church buses, as prescribed in Section 11-705.1

of this title.

K. The loading lamps on school buses converted for purposes
itting passengers to board or

discharge from said bus.

J. The use of the signal equipment described herein shall

impose upon drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right-

of-way and stop for school buses, as prescribed in Section 11-705 of

this title, and for church buses, as prescribed in Section 11-705.1

of this title.

K. The loading lamps on school buses converted for purposes

other than transporting pupils to or from school shall be

disconnected, except for buses purchased for use by religious

organizations as church buses.