Session 16 – Right-of-Way and School Buses

RIGHT-OF-WAY cont.

Animals

People riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles on a roadway have the same rights and duties as motor vehicle operators. To avoid scaring the animals, do not sound your horn near them.
Slow down and keep a safe distance away while passing them.

You should yield the right-of-way to livestock on or along the highway. However, the person in charge of the livestock must try to open the way for traffic. If the person in charge of the animals gives a signal of distress, you must stop or do what is necessary to avoid injury or a crash.

Funeral Processions

Only the first vehicle in a funeral procession must obey traffic signs and signals. Vehicles in the procession must have headlights on. Do not cut into or interfere with a funeral procession.

 SCHOOL BUSES

You must stop a minimum of 20’ from a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing.

You must stop whether the school bus is on your side of the road, the opposite side of the road or at an intersection that you are approaching.

After the school bus red lights have stopped flashing, watch for children along the side of the road. Do not go until they have completely left the roadway.

Divided highways (roadways). Unless signs say otherwise, you are not required to stop for a school bus if you are driving in the opposite direction on a divided highway.