When do you stop for a school bus if there is a median?
- If you are approaching it
- At no time
- If you are behind it and it has red lights flashing ✓
- Any time it is stopped
Answer: C. If you are behind it and it has red lights flashing
With a median, you stop for a school bus only when you are behind it and its red lights are flashing.
Why this is the answer
The handbook explains that a median is a physical barrier separating traffic in opposite directions, so vehicles cannot cross it. On a road with a median, the school-bus stopping rule applies only to traffic coming from behind the bus. When the overhead red lights are flashing or the stop arm is out, you must stop. Traffic approaching from the front does not stop in that situation. Amber lights mean slow down and prepare, not a required stop.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. If you are approaching it — Approaching from the front is not enough when there is a median; the handbook limits the stop to vehicles coming from behind the bus.
- B. At no time — At no time is wrong because a vehicle behind the bus must stop when the red lights are flashing.
- D. Any time it is stopped — Any time it is stopped is too broad; the duty to stop is tied to the red lights flashing or stop arm, not simply the bus being stopped.
Remember it
Think of the median as a wall: only the side behind the bus has to stop when the red lights flash.