2003 Minnesota Statutes

     169.306 Use of shoulders by buses. 

    If the commissioner of transportation permits the use by 
 transit buses of a shoulder of a freeway or expressway, as 
 defined in section 160.02, in the seven-county metropolitan 
 area, the commissioner shall permit the use on that shoulder of 
 a bus with a seating capacity of 40 passengers or more operated 
 by a motor carrier of passengers, as defined in section 221.011, 
 subdivision 48, while operating in intrastate commerce. 

    Buses authorized to use the shoulder under this section may 
 be operated on the shoulder only when main line traffic speeds 
 are less than 35 miles per hour.  Drivers of buses being 
 operated on the shoulder may not exceed the speed of main line 
 traffic by more than 15 miles per hour and may never exceed 35 
 miles per hour.  Drivers of buses being operated on the shoulder 
 must yield to merging, entering, and exiting traffic and must 
 yield to other vehicles on the shoulder.  Buses operated on the 
 shoulder must be registered with the Department of 
 Transportation.  

    HIST: 2002 c 364 s 10