Wisconsin Code § 349.21

Authority to regulate school bus warning lights
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(1) The governing body of any town, city, village or
county may by ordinance provide for the use of flashing red or
amber warning lights by school bus operators in a residence or
business district when pupils or other authorized passengers are
to be loaded or unloaded at a location at which there are no traffic
signals and such persons must cross the street or highway before
being loaded or after being unloaded.
(2) The governing body of any town, city, village or county
may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of flashing red or amber
warning lights by school bus operators when pupils or other authorized passengers are loaded or unloaded directly from or onto
the school grounds or that portion of the right-of-way between the
roadway and the school grounds in a zone designated by “school”
warning signs as provided in s. 118.08 (1) in which a street or
highway borders the grounds of a school.

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