Car permit · School buses
You are following a school bus when it stops and its red lights begin to flash. What does the law require of you?
Correct answer: Stop and wait until the red lights go off and the stop arm folds in.
Answer options
- AStop and wait until the red lights go off and the stop arm folds in Correct
- BAccelerate to get past the bus quickly
- CStop right at the rear bumper of the bus
- DSlow to 10 mph and keep going with care
Why
Flashing red lights mean the bus is picking up or dropping off children, so traffic behind it must halt and remain stopped until the lights shut off and the stop arm retracts. Slowing down or passing instead is illegal and dangerous. How far back you must stop depends on the state; where the law gives a distance, it is usually 10 to 20 feet.
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Topic: School buses License: Car permit
Part of these practice sets:
- Delaware: Road Rules
- Indiana: State Practice Set
- Kentucky: State Practice Set
- Massachusetts: State Practice Set
- Mississippi: Road Rules
- North Carolina: State Practice Set
- North Dakota: Road Rules
- Nebraska: Road Rules
- New Mexico: Road Rules
- Nevada: Road Rules
- Ohio: State Practice Set
- Oklahoma: Road Rules
- Oregon: Road Rules
- Pennsylvania: Road Rules
- Tennessee: State Practice Set
- Texas: Road Rules
- Virginia: Road Rules
- West Virginia: Road Rules
- Wyoming: Road Rules
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