A school bus is stopped with its stop signal out on a highway divided by a raised concrete barrier. You are traveling in the opposite direction of the bus. What does Florida law require of you?
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A.
You must slow to 20 MPH below the posted limit until you pass the bus.
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B.
You must stop only if children are visible outside the bus.
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C.
You must stop and remain stopped until the stop signal is withdrawn.
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D.
You are not required to stop and may proceed with caution. Correct
The answer is "You are not required to stop and may proceed with caution."
A raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide separates the two directions well enough that traffic going the opposite way is not required to stop for a school bus loading on the other side. Drivers who think any divider is enough often reach for a painted-line or striped-median memory from the four-lane rule on the same page, where paint does not count.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. You must slow to 20 MPH below the posted limit until you pass the bus.
The 20 MPH reduction belongs to the Move Over Law for stopped emergency and service vehicles, not school buses. This answer blends the Move Over speed reduction with the school-bus rule because both involve a stopped vehicle with flashing lights.
B. You must stop only if children are visible outside the bus.
Florida's school-bus rule turns on the stop signal and the road configuration, not on whether children are in view. This answer applies a common-sense filter learners invent when the manual's structural rules feel too strict.
C. You must stop and remain stopped until the stop signal is withdrawn.
The stop-and-remain rule applies to same-direction traffic and to undivided roadways, not across a raised barrier. This answer reaches for the safest-sounding option because 'always stop for a school bus' is the rule of thumb learners bring in from driver's ed.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Sharing the Road: School Buses," p.89..
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