Texas permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 7 questions.
An ambulance with siren and flashing lights comes up behind you on a two-lane street. What should you do?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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An ambulance with siren and flashing lights comes up behind you on a two-lane street. What should you do?
- A Speed up to stay ahead of it
- B Stop right where you are in your lane
- C Pull to the right edge of the road and stop
- D Pull to the left lane and keep driving
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C. Pull to the right edge of the road and stop
Yield to emergency vehicles using a siren, bell or flashing red light. If traffic allows, pull to the right edge and stop; if you cannot, slow down and leave a clear path.
In Texas, how close may you follow a fire truck answering an alarm?
- A No closer than 200 feet
- B No closer than 500 feet
- C No closer than 300 feet
- D No closer than 1,000 feet
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B. No closer than 500 feet
You may not follow within 500 feet of a fire truck answering an alarm or an ambulance with flashing red lights. Also, do not drive or park on the street where the fire truck has answered an alarm.
On a road posted at 60 mph with only one lane in your direction, you approach a police car stopped with lights flashing. Under Texas law, what is the fastest you may pass?
- A 40 mph
- B 50 mph
- C 45 mph
- D 25 mph
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A. 40 mph
If you cannot move out of the lane next to a stopped emergency vehicle, slow to at least 20 mph below the posted limit when the limit is 25 mph or more. At 60 mph, that means no faster than 40 mph.
You pass a stopped fire truck with lights on in a zone posted at 20 mph and cannot change lanes. What is the fastest you may go?
- A 10 mph
- B 20 mph below the limit
- C 5 mph
- D 15 mph
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C. 5 mph
Texas move-over law has a special rule for low-speed roads. When the posted limit is under 25 mph and you cannot vacate the lane, you may go no faster than 5 mph past a stopped emergency vehicle with lights on. (The handbook says 'less than 5 mph'; the statute, Transportation Code 545.157, says 'not to exceed' 5 mph.)
Source: Texas Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division website