Alabama permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 6 questions.
On a two-lane road, you are behind a school bus that is stopped with red lights flashing and its stop arm out. How far from the bus must you stop?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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On a two-lane road, you are behind a school bus that is stopped with red lights flashing and its stop arm out. How far from the bus must you stop?
- A At least 20 feet
- B At least 10 feet
- C At least 50 feet
- D At least 100 feet
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A. At least 20 feet
When a school bus displays flashing red lights and an extended stop arm, traffic from either direction must stop at least 20 feet from the bus. Stay stopped until the arm is retracted and the red lights go off.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual, page 64
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You are on a divided highway with four or more lanes. A school bus is stopped with red lights flashing on the opposite side of the divider. What must you do?
- A Stop at least 20 feet from the bus
- B Stop until the bus turns off its lights
- C Change lanes and slow to 15 mph
- D Continue with caution; you do not have to stop
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D. Continue with caution; you do not have to stop
On a divided highway with four or more lanes, drivers meeting a school or church bus stopped in the opposing roadway do not have to stop. Drivers behind the bus, on its side, must still stop.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual, page 63
Besides school buses, which other bus does Alabama law require you to stop for when its stop arm is out and red lights are flashing?
- A A church bus
- B A city transit bus
- C A charter tour bus
- D An airport shuttle bus
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A. A church bus
In Alabama you must stop when following or meeting a school bus or church bus stopped with its stop arm extended and red lights flashing. Remain stopped until the arm is retracted and the lights turn off.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual, page 63
On a four-lane highway, you approach a utility truck parked on the roadside with flashing lights while its crew works. What does Alabama's Move Over Act require?
- A Move out of the lane next to it, or slow to 15 mph under the limit if you cannot
- B Slow to 5 mph under the limit and stay in your lane
- C Stop completely in your lane until the crew leaves
- D Nothing, because the law covers only police and emergency vehicles
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A. Move out of the lane next to it, or slow to 15 mph under the limit if you cannot
Alabama's Move Over Act covers stopped police and emergency vehicles, wreckers, utility service vehicles, maintenance, construction and survey vehicles with flashing lights, and garbage trucks collecting on the roadside. With two or more lanes in your direction, leave the lane closest to them; if that is unsafe, slow to at least 15 mph below the posted limit.
Source: Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Driver License Division website