A school bus stops to let children off about 30 metres from a signalised intersection, and its overhead red lights never come on. Has the bus driver done something wrong?

Correct answer: D. No — a bus may not use its red lights or stop arm within 60 metres of a signal-controlled location

No — the bus driver is following the law. HTA s.175(9) forbids actuating the overhead signal-lights or the stop arm at an intersection controlled by an operating traffic control signal system, at any other signal-controlled location, or "within sixty metres from" such a location. Close to a set of lights, the bus is expected to load and unload without the red lights, so traffic keeps moving on the signals rather than on the bus. For you as a driver this is the important half: near a traffic light, no flashing red lights does **not** mean no children. You will not get the usual warning, so the responsibility shifts entirely onto your own observation — children crossing at signalised intersections behave exactly the same way whether or not a stop arm is out.

Source: MTO Driver's Handbook: HTA Section 175(9) — where a school bus may not use its overhead red lights or stop arm