Colorado permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 7 questions.
A school bus is stopped ahead of you with its red lights flashing. What is the closest you may stop to the bus?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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A school bus is stopped ahead of you with its red lights flashing. What is the closest you may stop to the bus?
- A 20 feet
- B 50 feet
- C 5 feet
- D 10 feet
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A. 20 feet
You must stop at least 20 feet before reaching a school bus stopped with red lights flashing, and stay stopped until they stop flashing. Children may cross in front of or behind the bus.
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A school bus with flashing red lights is stopped on the other side of a divided highway with a median. Must you stop?
- A Only if you are in the left lane
- B Yes, all traffic in every direction must stop for a school bus
- C Yes, but only if children are visible
- D No, because a median or barrier separates you from the bus
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D. No, because a median or barrier separates you from the bus
You must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights whether it is on your side, the opposite side or at an intersection, unless a median or physical barrier separates the bus from your vehicle. Still watch for children.
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You stopped for a school bus with its stop arm out. When may you go?
- A When the bus door closes
- B After waiting 20 seconds
- C When the driver retracts the stop arm and turns off the red lights
- D As soon as all of the children are safely off the road and on the sidewalk
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C. When the driver retracts the stop arm and turns off the red lights
Stop and remain stopped until the bus driver retracts the stop arm and turns off the red warning lights. Then proceed carefully, watching for children near the bus.
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An emergency vehicle with a siren and flashing lights comes up behind you. What should you do?
- A Stop immediately in your lane
- B Pull to the right edge of the road and stop
- C Move to the left lane
- D Speed up to get out of its way
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B. Pull to the right edge of the road and stop
Yield to emergency vehicles using a siren, air horn or flashing red, blue, white or yellow lights. Where possible, pull to the right edge of the road and stop. If you are in an intersection, drive through it first, then pull over.