After you stop for a school bus and the bus begins moving again, what does the manual tell you to do as you drive past?
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A.
Stay in the right lane and match the posted speed limit
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B.
Accelerate quickly to clear the area before more children arrive
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C.
Look for children beside the road and drive slowly past them Correct
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D.
Sound your horn to alert any pedestrians still crossing
The answer is "Look for children beside the road and drive slowly past them"
Once the bus is moving, the manual directs drivers to look for children beside the road and drive slowly until they have gone past. Drivers assume the danger ends when the bus moves and accelerate to catch traffic, but the children just discharged from the bus are the real hazard, not the vehicle.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stay in the right lane and match the posted speed limit
Matching the posted limit is the opposite of the reduced-speed pass the manual asks for. This answer applies a routine-driving standard to a situation the manual singles out for extra caution.
B. Accelerate quickly to clear the area before more children arrive
Speeding away past a bus stop puts children who just got off at greater risk. This answer treats the bus moving again as an all-clear rather than the point where the child-in-roadway risk peaks.
D. Sound your horn to alert any pedestrians still crossing
The manual does not suggest a horn for this situation, and the noise can startle a child into the road. This answer falls back on a general noise-and-alert instinct rather than the slow-and-scan approach the manual names.
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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