A school bus is stopped with its stop signal out on a four-lane road divided only by painted double yellow lines. You are moving in the opposite direction. What must you do?
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A.
Continue at your current speed; painted lines separate you from the bus.
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B.
Stop only if children are visibly on your side of the road.
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C.
Slow to 20 MPH and pass with caution.
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D.
Stop and remain stopped until the signal is withdrawn and children are clear. Correct
The answer is "Stop and remain stopped until the signal is withdrawn and children are clear."
Florida requires opposing traffic to stop and remain stopped until the stop signal is withdrawn and all children are clear of the roadway; painted lines are not a barrier. Choice A tempts drivers who read a double yellow line as a divider, when only a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide counts as separation.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Continue at your current speed; painted lines separate you from the bus.
Painted lines and pavement markings are not treated as barriers under Florida law. This answer reads a double yellow line as a divider, when only a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide qualifies.
B. Stop only if children are visibly on your side of the road.
The duty to stop does not depend on where children happen to be visible. This answer ties the stop to visible risk instead of to the extended stop signal, which is the trigger Florida names.
C. Slow to 20 MPH and pass with caution.
The rule forbids motion past the bus entirely; a reduced-speed pass is still a pass. This answer borrows the Move Over Law's 20 mph slow-down and applies it to a school-bus stop, where the extended stop signal forbids any pass.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Sharing the Road: School Buses," p.89..
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