You have stopped for a school bus that is picking up children. According to the manual, when may you drive again?
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A.
After you have counted to ten with no movement from the bus
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B.
As soon as the last child has stepped onto the bus
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C.
When the red lights change from flashing to steady
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D.
When the bus starts moving or a signal is given to proceed Correct
The answer is "When the bus starts moving or a signal is given to proceed"
You may move again only when the bus itself starts moving, or when the bus driver or a traffic officer signals you through. Watching the children rather than the bus is the natural instinct, so drivers assume the last child boarding is the green light, which the manual never accepts as the signal.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. After you have counted to ten with no movement from the bus
A silent count is a driver-invented workaround that the manual does not authorize. This answer falls back on a rule of thumb passed between drivers rather than the two signals the manual states plainly.
B. As soon as the last child has stepped onto the bus
The manual keys the wait to the bus or a traffic officer, not to whether children appear to be aboard. This answer trusts what the driver can see through the bus windows in place of the two authoritative signals the manual names.
C. When the red lights change from flashing to steady
School bus red lights either flash or turn off; a steady red is not the release signal the manual describes. This answer borrows the flashing-to-steady sequence from railroad crossings and reads it onto a device that does not work that way.
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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