A school bus stops with its red lights flashing on the opposite side of a divided highway. What does the manual say to do?
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A.
Slow down but pass without stopping since you are separated from the bus
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B.
Move to the far right lane and pass with caution
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C.
Stop just as you would on an undivided road Correct
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D.
Continue at your normal speed because a barrier separates the lanes
The answer is "Stop just as you would on an undivided road"
The manual is explicit that drivers must stop even when the bus sits on the opposite side of a divided highway. Drivers coming from states that treat a median or barrier as an exemption carry that habit into New York, but the New York rule allows no such carve-out.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Slow down but pass without stopping since you are separated from the bus
Slowing without stopping still passes a bus loading children, which is what the law forbids. This answer softens the full stop into a courtesy slow-down, a compromise the manual does not offer.
B. Move to the far right lane and pass with caution
Changing lanes does not satisfy the stop requirement, which applies across all lanes of travel. This answer substitutes a lane-position adjustment for the full stop the rule requires.
D. Continue at your normal speed because a barrier separates the lanes
A physical barrier does not release drivers from the school bus stop rule in New York. This answer applies a divided-highway exemption that exists in other states but is not in the New York manual.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "School Buses," p.40..
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