A school bus with red lights flashing and an emergency vehicle with a siren are the only vehicles the law puts above every signal, every sign, and every right of way, including yours. The rules are short, absolute, and heavily tested.
The yellow bus has its own traffic law, because its passengers are the least predictable people on the road: children, in a hurry, who trust every car to stop.
A stopped school bus with flashing red lights means stop. Not slow down, not creep past: stop, and wait until the lights stop flashing and the bus moves. Children may be crossing in front of the bus where you cannot see them.
Red bus lights = a wall across the roadThe rule protects the moment children cross the road to and from the bus. A seven-year-old does not check traffic the way you do; the law makes every driver the lookout instead. That is why passing a flashing-red bus carries some of the harshest penalties in the vehicle code.
The bus stops traffic so children never have toLights and siren rewrite the intersection. Your green light, your right of way, your lane: all of it steps aside. Three situations, three exact answers.
Pull over to the right and stop until it passes. Do not stop dead in your lane, do not speed up to outrun it, and do not follow closely behind it afterward. Right edge, full stop, let it go, rejoin traffic when it is clearly past.
Your light is green; the ambulance is coming with lights and siren. Yield and let it pass first. The signal gives you permission; the siren takes priority. This exact conflict is one of the test's favorite questions, and the siren wins every time.
An emergency vehicle stopped on the roadside with flashing lights means change to a farther lane if you can, or slow down as you pass. The move-over rule protects the officer, medic, or tow operator standing a door's width from live traffic.
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1.A school bus ahead stops and turns on its flashing red lights. What must you do?
Flashing red lights on a school bus mean you must stop. Children may be getting on or off, so wait until the lights turn off and the bus moves.
2.Why must drivers stop for a school bus with flashing red lights?
Flashing red lights warn that children may be crossing the road or getting on and off the bus. Stopping protects them from being hit.
3.You hear a siren and see an emergency vehicle with flashing lights coming behind you. What should you do?
When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren, pull over to the side of the road and stop. This clears the way so it can pass.
4.You see an emergency vehicle stopped on the side of the road with its lights flashing. What does the move over idea tell you to do?
The move over rule means you should change to a farther lane if you can, or slow down, when passing a stopped emergency vehicle. This protects the workers beside it.
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