How to Stop for School Bus | Pass A Road Test Smart

Hello. Thank you for the video. I drive a school bus for special needs students, and I want drivers to know that the STOP arm on the bus should not be treated like a STOP sign on the street. Do not pull up to the STOP arm on a bus to stop. This is very dangerous because there may be students crossing in front of the bus, and you are stationing yourself in their line of travel. Many students anticipate the vehicle will stop several feet away. Children have not learned traffic laws and do not understand certain things about the road. Adults are responsible for knowing traffic laws and should, therefore be accountable for their misuse of the law. Also, while the STOP arm is out and the school bus is present, take into consideration that some children may run from or to the bus. There is often more than one student boarding or exiting the bus at a time. Just because you have seen a child enter or exit the bus does not mean it is time to go. Be safe and wait for the STOP arm to be retracted. Thanks!

I am a visual learner .. I hate reading books .well just simple because i can't really understand some deep English words in the book .. his videos are really a big help for someone like me... 😊

1. Put the phone away 2. Both hands on the wheel, check mirrors often, be alert to surroundings 3. See the school bus with yellow flashing lights, slow down as if passing construction workers 4. Red lights, both ways stop. Know matter how many lanes available, STOP! 5. The opposite traffic only doesn’t stop if there is a physical object displayed as a median like grass areas or sidewalk like curbs all the way down the road, aka “divided highway”. I learned this when I was 15 and still know the law. Common damn sense. Thank you for the video it may still not do much. There will be texting, drinking, drugs, and plain stupidity to ignore traffic laws. Not many care.

Loved your video! Thank you. As a school bus driver and instructor your information was 100% accurate. I tell all my student drivers running the red lights on a school bus is just about the worst thing a driver could do to adversely affect their driving record. As far as vehicles passing from behind, not so much as it is generally too difficult to see around the bus. Especially on two lane rural roads. What we see in Oregon is approaching drivers charging the amber lights as we are preparing to stop. And of course, those who just don't pay attention to the red lights when we are stopped are run through them.

Thank for the information I was driving and when I pass a curve a saw the bus with the yellow lights flashing and when i pass close like 12 feet’s the bus turn the red light on with the stop sign I didn’t have time to stop so I pass the bus with the red light but it wasn’t my intension to pass the bus with the red light I feel so sorry and guilty , that was 6 months ago but never had a situation from the court , but now when I see a school bus I slow down and put more attention

I presently live in Louisiana where you can pass a stopped school bus with its lights flashing while travelling in the opposite direction on 5 and 7-lane roads where the center lane is a bidirectional turning lane. To me that sounds dangerous because any aggressive driver who's in a big hurry can use that lane as a passing lane, right next to a bus loading or unloading kids.

4:12 A perfect Norman Rockwell picture! Such quaintessential geography--just like where I grew up in rural Kansas. :-)

Hi thank you for all your videos. It’s really informative especially for a new driver like me. I have a doubt to be cleared, kindly reply. How about other vehicles in the other lanes in the same direction with the school bus? Are they supposed to stop as well? Because I saw some vehicles passed by the school bus while I was stopping behind. Thank you

thanks a lot for this video.

i suggest a part 2 that identify the stop in all different scenario , when driving in the opposite side , if it happened that the bus school took a long time for a particular situation ,in perpendicular way with bus road , when there is solid ground in the while driving in the opposite side . thanks

Thank you , this is what was misunderstood to me as a visitor to USA

Great video and content! Thank you. ❤🇺🇸❤🇺🇸❤🇺🇸

This came out in the knowledge test! Most of the questions are situational, you need to analyze it. Just read the driving handbook. Fortunately, I passed the knowledge test on my first attempt. I was not able to watch this prior to my knowledge test. I am watching your videos now for my advanced road test. Your videos are very informative. 🙏Hope I will ace it on my first road test here in Canada. 🙏

If a bus is STOPPED on the road, flashing lights and sign OR NOT, think about stopping anyway. I nearly passed a stopped bus (from the opposite direction) because there was no stop sign and no flashing red lights. It wasn't until the doors opened and kids were getting off, and a mother yelling after me, all nearly at once, that I realized it was a regular dropoff. I ended up stopping mid-way down the length of the bus. .

Two Questions one what would be the one very rare instant where you would be acquitted of passing a stopped school bus? two I what about the city busses like Lanta Metro do you have to stop for them if they are picking up/dropping off people or can you pass those.

Hey man! Greeeeeat video! you rock dude! - Gerry and the boys

I’m just a bit confused. I’m a relatively new driver (I’ve had my license for exactly two years today) and have never come into contact with a school bus in this manner before. If a school bus is stopped on the side of the road with red lights, I have to stop behind it, right? How far behind it should I stop? What should I do if the bus is far inside the shoulder? Or if I’m approaching from an oncoming lane? How far in front of the school bus do I have to stop? What happens if there is more than one lane on each side of the road? I apologize if these seem like stupid questions! I just want to be proactive and know exactly what to do beforehand rather than not know what to do if I’m ever in that situation. All I remember from the DMV training was that I should stop if there’s a school bus, but there were very few details in it. I’m sure if I got in this situation now I wouldn’t just disregard all warnings and run over kids, as I’m a competent driver who knows how to react to pedestrians and stopped vehicles, but I’d rather get the info from an expert. Thank you so much!

Sadly, not all states enforce the school bus stop sign runner laws. I drive a school bus in South Carolina and even though it is against the law to pass a school bus with their red lights on, it's nearly impossible to enforce because it's required for the bus driver to be able to positively identify the offending driver (because they won't simply ticket the owner of the vehicle) and video evidence is not permitted because it considered a violation of the driver's privacy! Running a school bus stop sign is one of the top causes of child fatalities at bus stops, but many people just don't care that they might kill a child, all they care about is getting away from the slow school bus. Every school bus driver hates stop sign runners because we care for every young life that we carry.

I do have one question so I was stopped when I saw the lights flashing yet the bus pulled beside me on the opposite side as I was stopped does that mean I’m good sense I wasn’t moving ?

Hi Rick, which dash cam you used?