School bus stopping — Hawaii Permit Test

When a school bus is stopped on a highway with its alternating red lamps flashing, drivers in the bus's lane and in every lane next to it must stop before reaching the bus.

Children leaving the bus may walk around its front into the next lane, where a car that did not stop will hit them.

Whenever a school bus is stopped on a highway with alternating red signal lamps flashing, the driver of any motor vehicle on the same highway in the lane occupied by the school bus and all lanes adjacent to the lane occupied by the school bus shall stop the driver’s vehicle before reaching the school bus and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the flashing red signal lamps are turned off.

After stopping for a school bus with flashing red lamps, do not go on until the bus starts moving or its flashing red lamps are turned off.

A child who is still crossing in front of the bus is hidden from a driver who decides the coast is clear.

Whenever a school bus is stopped on a highway with alternating red signal lamps flashing, the driver of any motor vehicle on the same highway in the lane occupied by the school bus and all lanes adjacent to the lane occupied by the school bus shall stop the driver’s vehicle before reaching the school bus and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the flashing red signal lamps are turned off.

In Hawaii, failing to stop for a school bus as the law requires can cost you $1,000.

A fine this size is set because a driver who passes a loading bus can kill a child.

Failure to comply with this law (291C-95, HRS) can cost you $1,000.

Vehicles going the opposite direction on a divided highway do not have to stop for a stopped school bus.

Children do not cross the strip of land between the two roadways, so traffic on the far side is not in their path.

However, vehicles proceeding in the opposite direction on a divided highway are not required to stop.

School children waiting along the road in the morning tell you a school bus is in the area, and that a waiting child may dart in front of traffic.

A child late for the bus can run across the road toward it without looking.

The presence of school children waiting along the roadway in the morning indicates a school bus is in the area.

A school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing. Which drivers must stop?

Those in its lane and lanes next to it. Children leaving the bus may walk around its front into the next lane, where a car that did not stop will hit them. State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, p.96: “Whenever a school bus is stopped on a highway with alternating red signal lamps flashing, the driver of any motor vehicle on the same highway in the lane occupied by the school bus and all lanes adjacent to the lane occupied by the school bus shall stop the driver’s vehicle before reaching the school bus and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the flashing red signal lamps are turned off.”