While the bus is stationary, where should a bus driver continue to look?

1. Only at the traffic beside
2. Only at the traffic ahead
3. At the traffic ahead, beside, and in the vehicle mirrors ✓
4. Only in the mirrors

Answer: C. At the traffic ahead, beside, and in the vehicle mirrors

While the bus is stationary, the driver should keep looking at the traffic ahead, the traffic beside, and the vehicle mirrors.

Why this is the answer

The handbook's traffic check says that while you wait, you keep an eye on the traffic around you — ahead, beside, and in the mirrors — so you notice changes in conditions. It does not limit the check to one direction. That matches the choice that includes ahead, beside, and mirrors together.

Why the other answers are wrong

• A. Only at the traffic beside — Watching only the traffic beside leaves out what is happening ahead and behind, so it is not the full check.
• B. Only at the traffic ahead — Watching only the traffic ahead misses vehicles alongside and behind, which the handbook says to monitor through the mirrors.
• D. Only in the mirrors — Relying only on the mirrors misses the traffic directly ahead and beside that you also need to watch.

Remember it

Think of a stopped vehicle as still needing a three-part scan: front, sides, mirrors.