The Motor Vehicle Act gives public transit buses the right-of-way. What does this mean?
- Bus drivers are not responsible for what happens to another vehicle that fails to yield to the bus.
- Bus drivers always have the right-of-way and can pull out from a curb or change lanes anytime.
- Other drivers must yield to the bus when it signals to move from the curb where the speed limit is less than 60 km/h. ✓
- Other drivers must yield to the bus when it signals to move from the curb.
Answer: C. Other drivers must yield to the bus when it signals to move from the curb where the speed limit is less than 60 km/h.
Other drivers must yield to the bus when it signals to move from the curb where the speed limit is less than 60 km/h.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says transit buses get right-of-way when the driver signals a move from the curb lane or bus stop into traffic and the bus displays a sign telling motorists to yield. That rule applies where the speed limit is below 60 km/h. The same passage adds that bus drivers must still make sure moving out is safe, and they should not assume other drivers must yield when it is unsafe. The choice that includes the under-60 km/h condition is the one supported by the passage.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Bus drivers are not responsible for what happens to another vehicle that fails to yield to the bus. — The passage says the regulation does not remove any responsibility from transit bus drivers, so it is not true that they are free of responsibility when another vehicle fails to yield.
- B. Bus drivers always have the right-of-way and can pull out from a curb or change lanes anytime. — The passage says bus drivers must make sure it is safe before pulling out and must not assume they have right-of-way, so they cannot pull out or change lanes anytime they want.
- D. Other drivers must yield to the bus when it signals to move from the curb. — This leaves out the passage's condition that the yielding rule applies only where the speed limit is less than 60 km/h.
Remember it
Link the bus yield rule to the speed limit: it applies below 60 km/h, and the bus driver still has to move out safely.