CDL · Passenger vehicles
Which of these actions is a bus driver forbidden to do?
Correct answer: Chatting with passengers or doing anything else that distracts you while driving.
Answer options
- AFueling the bus outdoors with passengers aboard when it truly cannot be avoided
- BTowing a disabled bus with passengers aboard only as far as the nearest safe place to unload them
- CChatting with passengers or doing anything else that distracts you while driving Correct
Why
Conversation with passengers, or any other distraction, is banned while you drive. Fueling with passengers on board is allowed only when truly necessary and never inside an enclosed building, and a broken-down bus with passengers may be towed or pushed only as far as the closest safe spot to unload them.
About this question
Topic: Passenger vehicles License: CDL
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Where it applies: Asked in every state.
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This question is part of On the Road with Passengers (20 questions). Take the full set and check your score.
Practice On the Road with PassengersMore questions from On the Road with Passengers
- Which of these is a situation in which you should not refuel your bus?
- Your bus has to stop on the road so passengers can get on or off. What should you do?
- Which type of location accounts for the largest share of bus crashes?
- Which hazard deserves special attention as you pull away from a bus stop?
- Your bus has broken down while carrying passengers. When is it acceptable to tow or push it to safety with the passengers still aboard?
- When may a disabled bus be towed while passengers are still on it?
- When is it acceptable for a bus driver to change the position of the driver's seat?
- When riders are aboard, a bus must never be refueled:
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