School bus with flashing yellow lights
A free practice question for the New York permit test, with the answer explained.
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What do flashing yellow lights on a school bus mean?
The rule
Yellow lights flashing near the top of a school bus, front and back, usually mean it is about to stop to pick up or let off passengers. Slow down and be ready to stop.
Flashing yellow lights mean a school bus is about to stop to pick up or drop off passengers. Slow down and get ready to stop. Red lights mean it has stopped.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 40. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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