Regulatory sign · Speed
While the lights flash, pass the bus no faster than 40 km/h.
What it means
Across the top of our white plate runs a black band with two round amber lamps, both glowing, and beneath it a large red ringed 40. You see it on the back of a school bus. When those lamps flash, children may be getting on or off, so you must not pass the bus faster than 40 km/h. That holds whatever the road limit is, on an 80 road as much as a 50.
Brake down to 40 km/h as soon as you see the lamps flashing.
Stay at or under 40 until you are clear of the bus.
Look out for children stepping from behind it or crossing the road.
Right.Not quite. The answer is B.
When a bus shows flashing 40 lights, you must not pass it faster than 40 km/h, whatever the usual speed limit. Children may be getting on or off.
Source: Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 24-3
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