Oklahoma Code § 47-11-705.1

Title 47. Motor Vehicles: Church buses - Definition - Meeting and overtaking
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stopped bus - Signs and signals.
A.  The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a church bus
that is stopped to take on or discharge passengers, and on which the
red loading signals are in operation, is to stop the vehicle before
it reaches the church bus and not proceed until the loading signals
are deactivated and then proceed past such bus at a speed which is
reasonable and with due caution for the safety of such occupants.
B.  If the church bus is equipped with visual signals meeting
the requirements of Section 12-228 of this title, the signals shall
be actuated by the driver of said church bus whenever, but only
whenever, such vehicle is stopped on the highway for the purpose of
receiving or discharging passengers.
C.  The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate
roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a church bus which is
on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and
the church bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or
adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to
cross the roadway.

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