Why must a school bus driver retract the stop arm and turn off the red warning lights once loading or unloading is complete and it is safe to proceed?

Pick an answer

1. This step is optional and left to each driver's personal preference
2. The stop arm and red lights are meant to stay active for the entire route regardless of loading status, to warn all traffic
3. Leaving them active longer than necessary could confuse traffic about whether it is still required to remain stopped
4. Retracting the stop arm has no bearing on how traffic behaves around the bus

Correct!

Not quite. The correct answer is highlighted.