A 3-minute lesson from the Arizona course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Pedestrians and children are the road users most easily hurt. Arizona requires you to yield at every marked or unmarked crosswalk, stop fully for occupied school crossings, and stop for school buses loading or unloading children.
Know the rule
Yield to pedestrians crossing in any marked or unmarked crosswalk. Even when your light turns green, yield to pedestrians and vehicles in the intersection.
It's usually easier for a pedestrian to see a car than for the driver to see the pedestrian — especially at night, at dusk and dawn, and in bad weather.
Stop before reaching a school bus that is picking up or dropping off passengers, whatever your direction of travel. The bus shows alternating flashing lights and an extended stop-sign arm.
You need not stop for a school bus on a divided roadway when traveling in the opposite direction. A divided roadway has a physical barrier such as a fence, curbing or separated pavement — striping alone doesn't count.
A school bus stops with its arm out on the other side of a five-lane road separated only by a painted center turn lane. Paint isn't a physical barrier, so you must stop too.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Where must you yield the right-of-way to pedestrians?
Only when a crossing guard is present
Only in school zones
In any marked or unmarked crosswalk
Only in marked crosswalks
Answer: In any marked or unmarked crosswalk
You must yield to pedestrians crossing the street in any marked or unmarked crosswalk.