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.
Watch for children walking along the side of the road after you stop for a school bus.
Why this is the answer
The manual's school-bus section says that once you have stopped for a bus, you should look for children along the roadside and drive slowly until you have passed them. It also notes that many school bus-related injuries happen when children cross after getting off the bus, so the area around the stopped bus still needs your attention. That makes watching for children along the side of the road the supported next step.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Do not proceed until the children wave to you. — Nothing in the handbook says children must wave before you may move; the rule is to look for them and drive slowly past.
- C. Accelerate quickly. — Speeding up conflicts with the manual's instruction to drive slowly until you have passed children near the bus.
- D. Turn on your emergency flashers. — Emergency flashers are not mentioned as a step after stopping for a school bus in these passages.
Remember it
After the bus stops, keep your foot off the gas and scan the roadside for kids before rolling forward.
Official handbook: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 6: Passing – School Buses