Kentucky driving lesson · General Driving Maneuvers
Roundabouts & school buses
A 2-minute lesson from the Kentucky course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Where there are school buses, there are usually children—and children do unexpected things. Roundabouts, meanwhile, keep traffic moving by having everyone circle the same way and yield when entering.
Roundabout (traffic circle)
A circular intersection designed for safe, efficient flow. Vehicles travel counterclockwise around a raised center island, and entering traffic yields to circulating traffic.
You must stop for a school or church bus stopped on any roadway to load or unload passengers, and stay stopped until everyone is clear of the roadway and the bus is moving.
Never pass a school or church bus stopped to pick up or drop off passengers with its stop arm and signal lights on. This applies to all vehicles approaching from any direction.
On a four-lane highway, a school bus stopped on the other side has its stop arm out. You're approaching from the opposite direction on a highway of four or more lanes, so a stop isn't required—but watch for children.
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.
In a roundabout, vehicles travel:
Counterclockwise around a center island
In whichever direction is shortest
Straight through the center
Clockwise around a raised center island
Answer: Counterclockwise around a center island
Vehicles travel counterclockwise around the raised center island in a roundabout.