Alaska permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 6 questions.
You are approaching an oncoming school bus with flashing yellow/amber lights. What should you do?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
You are approaching an oncoming school bus with flashing yellow/amber lights. What should you do?
- A Speed up to pass before it stops
- B Stop right away and stay stopped until the lights go off
- C Keep going, since only red lights matter
- D Slow down and prepare to stop
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D. Slow down and prepare to stop
Yellow or amber lights mean the bus is about to stop. Reduce speed and come to a complete stop when the bus stops, the red lights flash, and the stop sign is extended.
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You are on a highway with separated roadways and two or more lanes in each direction. A school bus on the other side is stopped with red lights flashing. What must you do?
- A Stop until the stop arm is retracted
- B Continue with caution; you need not stop
- C Stop only if children are visible
- D Pull onto the shoulder and wait
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B. Continue with caution; you need not stop
On a highway with separated roadways and two or more lanes each way, you do not need to stop for a school bus going the opposite direction. Drivers behind the bus, on the same side, must always stop.
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An ambulance with flashing red and blue lights approaches from behind. What must you do?
- A Stop right where you are in your lane
- B Speed up to stay ahead of it
- C Pull to the left and keep driving
- D Pull to the right edge of the road, clear of intersections, and stop
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D. Pull to the right edge of the road, clear of intersections, and stop
When an emergency vehicle with flashing red or blue lights approaches, pull to the right edge of the road, clear of any intersection, and stop until it passes. This applies whether or not its siren is on.
On a four-lane road, a tow truck is stopped on the shoulder with its overhead lights flashing. What does Alaska's move-over law require?
- A Nothing, because the law covers only police cars
- B Move to the lane away from it if safe; otherwise slow down
- C Stop beside it until the driver waves you on
- D Honk to warn the workers and keep your speed
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B. Move to the lane away from it if safe; otherwise slow down
When you approach a stopped emergency vehicle, tow truck, road maintenance or service vehicle, or animal control vehicle with flashing lights on a road with two or more lanes your way, move to a lane away from it if it is safe. If you cannot change lanes safely, or there is only one lane in your direction, slow to a reasonable and prudent speed.