Commonwealth v. Dasilva

KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether a motorist who fails to stop when meeting or overtaking a school bus whose red signal lights are flashing and whose side stop signal arms are activated, may be convicted of violating 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3345(a), 1 where the operator of the school bus failed to activate her amber lights no less than one hundred, fifty (150) feet prior to making a stop pursuant to the statutory requirement of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3345(d). 2 Although the Commonwealth’s evidence does indeed indicate a failure on the part of the school bus operator to…