School safety patrols — Idaho Permit Test
School safety patrols on the Idaho permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
You must follow any direction given by a school safety patrol official while you are driving.
A patrol is standing in the road because children are about to be, and their signal is the only warning of it.
You must follow any directions issued by a school safety patrol official while driving your motor vehicle
School safety patrol officials are appointed by the school and carry a badge, appropriate clothing or insignia marked School Patrol.
The badge is how you tell a real order from somebody waving at the side of the road.
These officials are appointed by the school and will have a badge, appropriate clothing, or insignia marked “School Patrol”
School safety patrol officials display STOP or other proper directional signs at school crossings and other points where children are crossing a public street or highway.
They work at the places children cross, which are not always the places a driver expects a crossing to be.
They will display “STOP” or other proper directional signs at school crossings or other points where school children are crossing a public street or highway
On the test
What must a driver do about directions from a school safety patrol official?
Follow them. A patrol is standing in the road because children are about to be, and their signal is the only warning of it. July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, p.48: “You must follow any directions issued by a school safety patrol official while driving your motor vehicle”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, published by the Idaho Transportation Department, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ID.pdf (July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, Idaho Transportation Department, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ID.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)