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.
After the bus lets children off, watch for children walking along the side of the road before you move again.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's school-zone guidance tells you to slow down, watch for children, and be ready to stop suddenly when you are near a school. Children who just stepped off a bus can be along the edge of the road, so your job after stopping is to keep watching for them rather than moving off right away. The passages do not spell out a school bus unloading rule, but the school-area warning about watching for children and being ready to stop is the closest support for this answer.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Do not proceed until the children wave to you. — Nothing in the handbook makes a child's wave the signal that it is safe to go; a child's gesture is not a reliable clearance to move.
- C. Accelerate quickly. — Speeding up right after a stop near children works against the handbook's advice to slow down and be ready to stop suddenly.
- D. Turn on your emergency flashers. — The passages never mention using emergency flashers after a school bus stop, so this is not a step the handbook gives you.
Remember it
Think of the bus as a school zone on wheels: after the stop, your eyes stay on the roadside for kids, not on the clock.