After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children:
- Do not proceed until the children wave to you.
- Watch for children walking along the side of the road. ✓
- Accelerate quickly.
- Turn on your emergency flashers.
Answer: B. Watch for children walking along the side of the road.
The correct choice is to watch for children walking along the side of the road.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says you must remain stopped for a school bus showing its stop signal until the signal is withdrawn and all children are clear of the roadway. It also tells drivers near schools to watch for children at all times. So after you have stopped and the immediate crossing is over, keep looking along the roadside for children who may still be near the bus or walking along the road. This choice matches that caution; the other choices add actions the handbook does not require.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Do not proceed until the children wave to you. — The handbook does not make a child's wave a condition for moving; it says to remain stopped until the stop signal is withdrawn and all children are clear of the roadway.
- C. Accelerate quickly. — Speeding up after a school bus stop is not supported; the handbook calls for stopping and watching for children, not quick acceleration.
- D. Turn on your emergency flashers. — Turning on emergency flashers is not described as a step after stopping for a school bus in these passages.
Remember it
Think: stop for the signal, stay stopped until the children are clear, then keep your eyes on the roadside.