Oklahoma permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 4 questions.
You stop for a school bus with flashing red lights. When may you go again?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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You stop for a school bus with flashing red lights. When may you go again?
- A After waiting 30 seconds
- B When the children reach the sidewalk
- C When the bus moves, the driver waves you on, or the lights go off
- D When the car ahead goes
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C. When the bus moves, the driver waves you on, or the lights go off
In Oklahoma you must stay stopped until the bus starts moving, the driver motions you to proceed, or the red lights go off or the stop sign is pulled back. Failing to stop brings a one-year revocation.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual, page 30
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You approach a stopped school bus with flashing red lights on the opposite side of a divided highway. What must you do?
- A Stop until the lights go off
- B You are not required to stop
- C Slow to 15 mph
- D Stop only if children are crossing
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B. You are not required to stop
In Oklahoma, oncoming traffic on a divided highway is not required to stop for a school bus. Traffic behind the bus must still stop, and you should watch carefully for children.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual, page 30
On a multi-lane road, you approach a stopped vehicle with flashing lights on the shoulder. What does Oklahoma's Move Over law require?
- A Stop until the vehicle leaves
- B Move to a lane not next to it if safe; otherwise slow down
- C Keep your speed and lane
- D Honk to warn the workers
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B. Move to a lane not next to it if safe; otherwise slow down
Oklahoma's Move Over law (47 O.S. § 11-314) requires drivers to move over a lane if safe, or slow down and use caution, when passing stationary vehicles with flashing lights. This helps prevent secondary crashes.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual, page 30
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An ambulance with its siren on approaches from behind. What should you do?
- A Speed up to stay ahead
- B Pull to the right edge, clear of intersections, and stop
- C Stop right where you are, even if you're in the middle of an intersection
- D Pull to the left shoulder
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B. Pull to the right edge, clear of intersections, and stop
Yield to emergency vehicles using a siren or flashing lights: pull to the right edge of the road, clear of intersections, and stop until they pass. In heavy traffic, clear a path.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual, page 29