A 3-minute lesson from the California course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Transit vehicles stop often and people board from the street. Safety zones protect waiting riders, and light rail vehicles follow the same road rules as you but can't swerve.
Safety zone
A space set aside for pedestrians waiting for buses, streetcars, and trolleys, marked by raised buttons or markers on the road (shown with dotted white lines).
A streetcar has stopped at a safety zone to load passengers and the lane beside it is open. You may pass, but no faster than 10 mph, and never drive through the safety zone itself.
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.
What are safety zones for buses, streetcars, and trolleys marked with?
Raised buttons or markers
Double solid white lines
Yellow crosshatched paint
Red painted curbs
Answer: Raised buttons or markers
Safety zones are marked by raised buttons or markers on the road, and by dotted white lines.