School bus across a four-lane highway
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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On which road may you keep driving when a stopped school bus comes toward you with lights flashing?
The rule
You need not stop when you meet a stopped school bus coming the other way on a multi-lane highway of four lanes, with at least two in each direction. Traffic behind the bus always stops.
You need not stop for an oncoming stopped school bus on a four-lane road with at least two lanes each way. Traffic behind the bus always stops.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 7-10. 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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