Does a funeral procession have to stop for a school bus displaying flashing red lights?
That depends. The Michigan Vehicle Code does not give a funeral procession the right of way over a school bus except at an intersection. A funeral procession approaching a stopped school bus displaying flashing red overhead lights must stop and cannot proceed until the flashing red lights are extinguished. A school bus driver should exercise good judgment concerning when to activate the overhead red lights upon the approach of a funeral procession. Question: I see some buses that have yellow lights overhead next to the red lights and some that do not. Why is that? Answer: Older school buses were only equipped with four red overhead lights and are known as a “four light” system. All new school buses have an “eight light system” that consists of four overhead amber and four overhead red lights. P.A. 187 requires the school bus driver to activate any overhead light system 200 feet prior to the school bus stop. The important difference for motorists to remember is that on a bus equipped wi
