| All Motorists MUST Stop for School Crossings |  | Minnesota Statute 169.21 subdivision 2 (c) requires that all motorists must stop for a school safety patrol crossing when the school patrol is displaying the official blaze orange flag with yellow and black STOP. The statute states:
(c) It is unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle
through a column of school children crossing a street or highway
or past a member of a school safety patrol or adult crossing
guard, while the member of the school safety patrol or adult
crossing guard is directing the movement of children across a
street or highway and while the school safety patrol member or
adult crossing guard is holding an official signal in the stop
position. A peace officer may arrest the driver of a motor
vehicle if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that
the driver has operated the vehicle in violation of this
paragraph within the past four hours.
(d) A person who violates this subdivision is guilty of a
misdemeanor and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $700, or
both. A person who violates this subdivision a second or
subsequent time within one year of a previous conviction under
this subdivision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and may be
sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to
payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
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