While driving in the right lane, you see a bus leaving the bus bay with its left-turn signals flashing. You should
- speed up.
- yield the right-of-way to the bus. ✓
- honk your horn.
- stop in your lane.
Answer: B. yield the right-of-way to the bus.
You should yield the right-of-way to the bus.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says when a bus in a bus bay starts flashing left-turn signals and you are in the lane next to the bay, you must let it back into traffic. It adds that yielding to the bus in this situation is the law. Since the bus is signalling to leave, the correct response is to give way rather than try to get past or stop in your lane.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. speed up. — Speeding up does not let the signalling bus re-enter traffic, which the handbook says you must allow.
- C. honk your horn. — Honking does not satisfy the requirement to let the bus back into traffic and is not described in the passage as a response.
- D. stop in your lane. — Stopping in your lane is not what the handbook asks; it says to allow the bus to re-enter traffic by yielding the right-of-way.
Remember it
Watch the bus's left signal at a bay: that blink means it wants to join, so make room.