What must a bus driver transporting passengers do before driving off?
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Correct answer
B. Make sure that all doors are closed in the bus.
Explanation
In the photo, passengers are crowding at the open doors of an articulated city bus at a stop. Before you drive off from where the bus was parked, you must make sure that the doors of the bus are closed - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits leaving the doors of a vehicle open without making sure that this will not endanger road safety, and working doors and their warning lights are part of keeping the vehicle in a condition that does not endanger the people travelling in it. A bus that drives off with its doors open can trap a passenger in the doors or throw off a passenger who is just getting on or standing on the step. That is why, before you drive off, you check in the mirrors and on the warning lights that the doors are closed and nobody is standing in the doorway. You switch on the indicator (answer A) when you pull out from a stop onto the roadway or change lanes, but not always. Informing passengers about the next stop (answer C) is a courtesy, not a duty before driving off.
Legal basis: Art. 45 para. 1 point 3 and Art. 66 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)