If you see a school bus stopped with flashing red lights ahead of you what do you do?

Answer 1

In nearly all jurisdictions you are required by law to stop a reasonable distance before you reach the back of the bus (if you are approaching from the rear) or before you draw even with the front of the bus (if you are approaching from the front. Wait patiently until the red lights are no longer flashing and then proceed. A word of warning though. Stopped school buses may have just let children off the bus and said children are prone to running across the road without looking, so watch for children AFTER the bus starts moving. It may be legal to proceed, but if you hit some kid, that will be of little consolation (even if it isn't otherwise your fault).

Answer 2

A school bus has the authority to stop traffic with its flashing red lights and stop arm extended. You must stop. However, there is an exception to this whether or not oncoming traffic also has to stop... if there is a center median, only the side that the bus is on has to stop. No, the center lane is not a center median. For instance, if there's a center median on a north-south road and the bus stops with red lights flashing on the southbound side, the northbound can keep going because the center median separates the northbound from the southbound, the center median guards the kids from entering northbound traffic, which is why the northbound wouldn't have to stop.

Answer 3

Keep your foot off the gas pedal, glance left, center right before entering intersection and proceed with caution.

Answer 4

If both side red lights are flashing, you stop behind the bus.

Answer 5

stop