2005 Rhode Island Code - § 31-20-10.4 — Exemption from discharge requirements of § 31-20-10.3.

    (a) Rural communities are exempted from the provisions of § 31-20-10.3(b) when:

   (1) A school bus is turning one hundred and eighty degrees (180°) on a road;

   (2) A school bus is backing up on a road; or

   (3) A school bus is stopping on a road of low traffic flow.

   (b) For purposes of this section, "rural community" means any community in which there is a regionalized school district and the towns of Burrillville, Scituate, Little Compton, and New Shoreham.

   (c) For purposes of this section, "low traffic flow" means any road designated as a road with low traffic flow by the state traffic commission.