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Why aren't you proposing a defense to the ticket based upon there being no illuminated lights or extended stop sign?

I see nothing in the statute that would excuse a driver for ignoring flashing red or amber lights, or ignoring an extended stop arm, merely because the driver believes or argues after-the-fact that the school bus shouldn't have stopped at that particular location - nor would that be good policy, given that the purpose of the requirement to stop is to protect children from injury.
She is. What do you think Iowa lawmakers intended with the 300-foot law? In other words, what is its purpose?