School bus red lights — Delaware Permit Test

School bus red lights on the Delaware permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A Delaware school bus turns on its flashing red lights and puts out its stop arm when it is stopped to pick up or let off pupils.

The red lights and arm are the signal to stop, and missing them is how cars pass a bus as children cross.

The overhead alternately flashing red lights and stop arm will be activated when the bus is stopped to pick up and discharge pupils.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.89

In Delaware, after stopping for a school bus, you may not go until its red lights stop flashing and its stop arm is pulled back, and then you go carefully.

A child may still be crossing after the doors close, until the driver turns the lights off.

You must not proceed until the red lights have stopped flashing, and the stop arm has been retracted, then proceed cautiously.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.89

On the test

What does a school bus turn on while it is stopped to pick up pupils?

Its red lights and stop arm. The red lights and arm are the signal to stop, and missing them is how cars pass a bus as children cross. Delaware Driver Manual, p.89: “The overhead alternately flashing red lights and stop arm will be activated when the bus is stopped to pick up and discharge pupils.”

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Every rule here is checked against Delaware Driver Manual, published by the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.