Nevada permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 5 questions.
On a two-lane road, a school bus stops ahead with red lights flashing. What must drivers in both directions do?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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On a two-lane road, a school bus stops ahead with red lights flashing. What must drivers in both directions do?
- A Stop and wait until the red lights are turned off
- B Only drivers behind the bus must stop
- C Slow to 15 mph and pass carefully
- D Stop only if children are visible
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A. Stop and wait until the red lights are turned off
Nevada law (NRS 484B.353) requires drivers to stop for a school bus showing flashing red lights and not pass until the driver turns them off. On an undivided road, traffic in both directions must stop.
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You are on a divided highway going the opposite way from a school bus that has stopped with red lights flashing. What must you do?
- A Pull onto the median and wait
- B Stop until the red lights go off
- C Continue with caution; you do not have to stop
- D Stop, then pass at 15 mph
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C. Continue with caution; you do not have to stop
On divided highways, you must stop only if you are traveling in the same direction as the bus. Traffic on the other side of the divider may continue, carefully.
You approach a tow truck stopped on the shoulder with flashing lights. What does Nevada law require?
- A Keep your speed but honk
- B Stop completely behind it
- C Slow below the posted limit and, if possible, use a lane not next to it
- D Nothing; the rule applies only to police cars
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C. Slow below the posted limit and, if possible, use a lane not next to it
Nevada's law (NRS 484B.607) covers stopped emergency, utility and service vehicles, including tow trucks. Slow to a reasonable speed below the posted limit, proceed with caution, be ready to stop, and use a non-adjacent lane if you safely can.
Which of these stopped vehicles does the Nevada handbook name as covered by the law to slow down for stopped emergency, utility and service vehicles?
- A A garbage truck
- B A pickup parked in a private driveway
- C A city bus at a bus stop
- D An empty car parked legally at the curb
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A. A garbage truck
Nevada's duty to slow down covers law enforcement vehicles, tow trucks, NDOT vehicles, garbage trucks and others with lights, as well as anyone repairing a vehicle. Slow below the limit and move over if you safely can.