With students returning to the classroom this week, 1057 News wants to remind motorists about what is expected of them when a school bus stops to pick up or drop off students.

If you are on a two-lane road and a school bus stops, turns on its red flashing lights and extends its stop sign arm, vehicles traveling both directions are required by law to stop until the lights go off and that stop sign is pulled back in.

If a bus stops on a roadway with a paved turn lane running between oncoming lanes of traffic, drivers on each side of the road are also required to stop.

On a highway divided by a raised median or other physical barrier or divided by a grassy median, only the drivers traveling in the same direction as the bus are required to stop, while drivers in the opposite lane may proceed with caution.

Please slow down and obey the posted speed limits in and around school zones and watch out for children walking to and from school.