LICENSES 2399

Negligence of driver is question for jury. Previous disallowance of compensation
because accident did not occur in course of employment does not affect case. Porter
v. Quarry Co., 161 Md. 34.

Right of way at street intersection is question for jury. Paolini v. Mill & Lumber
Co., 165 Md. 50.

In action by one injured while riding in another's automobile as result of collision
with taxicab, question of plaintiff's negligence in failing to warn person driving him,
as well as negligence of defendant, were questions for jury. Prayers. Yellow Cab Co. v.
Lacy, 165 Md. 588.

It is not the duty of automobile driver, crossing a well-lighted street bridge behind
a truck, at moderate speed, to give notice to car in rear, of his intention to pass truck.
Meese v. Goodman, 167 Md. 663.

It is duty of driver of vehicle wishing to pass another vehicle from the rear, to
give signal. Meese v. Goodman, 167 Md. 663.

Cited but not construed in Lange v. Affleck, 160 Md. 698.

Cited in Person v. Balto. Transit Co. (Judge O'Dunne, Court of Common Pleas),
Daily Record, Apr. 6, 1939.

1927, ch. 555. 1929, ch. 566. 1935, ch. 413. 1937, ch. 193. 1939, ch. 448.

236. 1. (Definition.) The term "school bus" as used in this Section
shall be defined as a motor vehicle having a seating capacity of ten or more
persons and transporting children to and from the elementary and/or high
schools in the State and not operating under the jurisdiction of the Public
Service Commission and/or not operated by a public service corporation
furnishing mass transportation in a town of a population of more than
50,000 inhabitants.

2. Every vehicle when used as a school bus shall have both on the front
and on the rear a sign plainly visible containing the words "school bus"
in letters not less than four inches in height, with each stroke of not less
than half an inch in width; such school bus shall also be equipped with
stop signals visible both to the front and to the rear, and the body of such
school bus shall be painted orange and black; with the orange color pre-
dominating. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is empowered to adopt
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Article, relative to such
school bus signs and stop signals.

3. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway outside the corporate limits
of incorporated cities and towns of more than five thousand population,
upon meeting or overtaking any school bus which has stopped on the high-
way for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child or children,
shall come to a full stop at least ten (10) feet from such school bus, either
in front or rear thereof as the case may be, and such vehicle shall remain
standing until the children are received or discharged and the school bus
has again started. The foregoing shall be applicable only in the event the
school bus shall be equipped with the school bus signs and stop signals and
painted in the color scheme as prescribed in this Section, and shall not apply
to vehicles approaching such school bus from the front on dual highways.

4. No school bus operating in the State while it is carrying any pas-
sengers to or from school shall be operated at a rate of speed greater than
35 miles per hour.

5. Every school bus operating within the State shall be equipped with a
fire extinguisher which bears the label of approval of the Fire Under-
writers' Association and which shall be kept properly filled and in satisfac-
tory operating condition at all times. This extinguisher shall be placed in
the school bus in a location readily accessible to the driver.

6. Every school bus operating in this State shall have a door in or near
the rear of the bus readily accessible for the discharging of pupils in case