Yielding To School Buses - Texas Adult Drivers Education Online Course Video Lecture | Drivers Education of America: Overview - Personal Skills

the wheels on the bus go round and round
round and round
school buses unlike all other buses on
the road create right-of-way issues for
all drivers because they have the power
to bring traffic to a standstill the
fundamental rule is when you're driving
path is going to end up behind a school
bus that has red flashing lights on
you must stop no matter what no matter
which lane you are in whether it is this
one or this one or this one
you must stop watch this next clip as we
see the school buses cautionary flashing
yellow lights and yet the SUV speeds up
to avoid getting caught behind the
school buses soon to appear red flashing
lights all of the expense of possibly
endangering children this course is
designed to minimize risk and increase
safety and speeding up to get by a
school bus is one of those exact
examples where something silly like this
can result in huge consequence the risk
doesn't match the reward so waiting for
the school bus is an easy way to
increase safety for your driving
now we will see other cars follow the
law perfectly by coming to a complete
stop behind the school bus even if they
are not in the same Lane as the bus
these cars will not be able to move
again until the red flashing lights are
turned off or the driver waves them on
by
we know that when we're behind a school
bus and it has its red flashing lights
on we must come to a complete stop but
what do we do as we approach a school
bus from the front that has its red
flashing lights on it all boils down to
whether the street you are driving on is
divided by something like a median ditch
or guardrail or isn't divided in this
picture we see the red flashing lights
of the school bus and this huge grassy
median so what should cars in this part
of the road do because this is a divided
roadway the law says that drivers should
continue ahead with caution what does
this mean for you simply drive on past
the school bus and hover your foot over
the brake looking for a stop if one of
the children were to run across the
street so let's watch this video and see
how these drivers handle approaching the
school bus
not too well these drivers should have
gone on through as the green arrows we
drew suggest now if this median weren't
here then these cars would be forced to
stop just as we see them doing in the
video and that is why there is confusion
in this situation so if it is a divided
road and we are approaching the school
bus from the front then we drive on
through
if this median weren't here we would be
required to stop another way school
buses surprised drivers is at railroad
crossings the law in this state says
that when a school bus approaches a
train track they must put on their
flashing lights after putting on their
lights they must come to a complete stop
at least fifteen feet before the
railroad track then open the door and do
a thorough visual search for a train if
the bus driver determines the tracks are
empty then he or she will close the door
which will automatically shut off the
flashing lights and go across train
track all school buses and trucks
hauling hazardous materials are required
to do this think of the consequences if
they don't so how are the rest of us
supposed to handle this one we could
simply be patient and wait for the bus
to complete their check like the box
truck we see in the video behind the bus
or two we can build up our driving
skills and when we look up the road we
would identify that there's a bus and a
railroad crossing we would already know
that the bus was going to stop at the
railroad crossing so we would change
lanes and be able to legally pass the
bus even though it stopped at the
railroad track one last note about
school buses remember they should almost
always be traveling in the far right
lane known as the slowest Lane
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