Stopping for school buses — Delaware Permit Test

Stopping for school buses on the Delaware permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

In Delaware, you must stop before reaching a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children, whichever direction you are coming from.

Children cross in front of the bus, so a car coming the other way can hit a child the bus driver is waving across.

You must always stop before reaching any school bus from either direction when it is stopped to load or unload school children except when you are on the opposite side of a highway having four or more lanes, even then proceed slowly.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.89

On the opposite side of a Delaware highway with four or more lanes, you need not stop for a loading school bus, but you must still go by slowly.

Children near the bus may still dart out, so even traffic that need not stop has to be ready to.

You must always stop before reaching any school bus from either direction when it is stopped to load or unload school children except when you are on the opposite side of a highway having four or more lanes, even then proceed slowly.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.89

On the test

On a two-lane road, a school bus is stopped to let children off. Which drivers must stop?

Drivers going in both directions. Children cross in front of the bus, so a car coming the other way can hit a child the bus driver is waving across. Delaware Driver Manual, p.89: “You must always stop before reaching any school bus from either direction when it is stopped to load or unload school children except when you are on the opposite side of a highway having four or more lanes, even then proceed slowly.”

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Where these come from

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.