Do you know SC's school bus law? Here's when you are required to stop

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South Carolina law requires drivers to stop for stopped school buses with flashing lights or extended stop arms.

On multilane highways, drivers must stop when behind a school bus, but not when approaching from the opposite direction.

Penalties for violations range from fines and jail time to felony charges for causing injury or death.

On your daily commute to work, you may find yourself tempted to pass by a school bus that is stopped in front of you, especially if you're running late.

Not only is this dangerous to you, the drivers around you, and the students crossing the street, but it is also illegal.

"You must stop for the entire time a school bus is stopped or preparing to stop with its red or amber lights flashing or its stop arm extended. After the school bu