Connecticut permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 5 questions.
You hear a siren and see an ambulance approaching from behind. What must you do?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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You hear a siren and see an ambulance approaching from behind. What must you do?
- A Pull to the right edge of the road and stop
- B Speed up to get out of the ambulance's way quickly
- C Stop immediately where you are
- D Slow down but keep driving
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A. Pull to the right edge of the road and stop
When an emergency vehicle approaches from any direction using a siren or flashing lights, pull to the right edge of the road and stop. Stay stopped until it has passed unless an officer or firefighter directs otherwise.
On a four-lane highway, you are in the right lane approaching a police car stopped on the shoulder with its lights flashing. What does Connecticut's Move Over Law require?
- A Slow below the limit and move over a lane if safe
- B Nothing, as long as the police car stays on the shoulder
- C Stop behind the police car until the officer waves you on
- D Keep your speed but tap your horn as you pass
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A. Slow below the limit and move over a lane if safe
For a police car, fire truck, ambulance, maintenance vehicle or tow truck with flashing lights stopped on the shoulder, Connecticut law requires you to slow to a reasonable speed below the posted limit and, if you are in the next lane, move over one lane unless that is unsafe. For other vehicles stopped on the shoulder, the law requires moving over one lane when safe. People standing beside stopped vehicles are at high risk of being hit.
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On a two-lane road, a school bus coming toward you stops with its red lights flashing. What must you do?
- A Slow down and pass carefully
- B Continue, since it is on the other side
- C Stop
- D Stop only if children are in sight
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C. Stop
You must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights whether it is on your side, the opposite side, or at an intersection you are approaching. Children may cross in front of the bus.
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On a highway divided by a median, a school bus on the other side of the median, traveling toward you, stops with its red lights flashing. What must you do?
- A Stop until the red lights go off
- B You are not required to stop
- C Stop only if children are near the median
- D Slow to 10 mph while passing
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B. You are not required to stop
You do not have to stop for a school bus traveling toward you when a median or other physical barrier separates the roadway. Still drive carefully and watch for children.