Vermont permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 5 questions.
A vehicle with flashing blue or red lights and a siren approaches from behind. What does Vermont law require?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
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A vehicle with flashing blue or red lights and a siren approaches from behind. What does Vermont law require?
- A Pull to the right side of the road and stop until it passes
- B Speed up to stay ahead of it
- C Stop immediately right where you are, even in an intersection
- D Slow down but keep driving in your lane
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A. Pull to the right side of the road and stop until it passes
When a vehicle with flashing blue or red lights or a siren approaches from any direction, pull over to the right and stop. Stay stopped until it has gone by.
You come upon a town snowplow working with its lights flashing. What does Vermont law require?
- A Pass it quickly on the right
- B Follow closely to use its cleared path
- C Proceed with caution and yield the right of way
- D Flash your headlights so it pulls over
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C. Proceed with caution and yield the right of way
Vermont law requires drivers to yield the right of way to state, city or town maintenance vehicles working on the highway. Snowplows are wide and hard to see, so give them room.
A school bus ahead has its alternately flashing yellow lights on. What should you do?
- A Pass it quickly before it stops
- B Prepare to stop
- C Stop immediately where you are
- D Continue at normal speed
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B. Prepare to stop
Flashing yellow lights mean the bus is slowing to pick up or drop off students. Prepare to stop; once the red lights flash, you must stop.
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You are driving on a divided highway. A school bus traveling in the opposite direction has stopped on the other roadway with its red lights flashing. Must you stop?
- A Yes, all traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus
- B Only if children are crossing
- C No, not when it travels the opposite way on a divided highway
- D Only if you are within 100 feet
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C. No, not when it travels the opposite way on a divided highway
Vermont does not require you to stop on a divided highway when the school bus is traveling in the opposite direction. On an ordinary two-lane road, traffic in both directions must stop while the red lights flash.