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Letting a bus pull away from a stop (built-up area)

Inside a built-up area you must let a bus that is signalling to pull away from a stop do so (RVV art. 78). This applies to every bus (service bus and coach) but not to a 'buurtbus', which legally is a passenger car. Outside built-up areas the obligation does not exist.

Source: RVV 1990 art. 5 · checked 2026-10-23

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Watch the muted ~5 s clip: you pass a bus stop in a built-up area. Tap HAZARD! the moment you see the hazard develop, then choose what you do at the frozen frame: brake, release the accelerator or nothing?

Hazard perception: a bus pulling away from the stop (RVV 1990 art. 78).
Watch the clip · The clip plays here as an animated image; the real hazard-perception test with tapping at the right moment is in the app.
  1. Brake
  2. Release the accelerator
  3. Nothing
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Correct answer: Brake

Correct choice: brake — a bus pulling away from the stop (3.2 m away, ~4.0 s to contact) is in your path; releasing the accelerator or doing nothing leaves too little room.

Why learners get this wrong: Releasing the accelerator is not enough here: a bus pulling away from the stop — 3.2 m away, ~4.0 s to contact. Only braking keeps you clear of the hazard (stop within the distance you can see to be clear).

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Within the built-up area in Katwijk you are driving behind a large touring coach that is signalling at the bus stop to pull away. What do you do?

  1. I give way to the touring coach, just as I would to an ordinary regional bus
  2. I drive on, the rule only applies to ordinary public-transport service buses
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Correct answer: I give way to the touring coach, just as I would to an ordinary regional bus

Explicitly names 'all buses, including touring coaches'; only local shuttle buses are excepted.

Why learners get this wrong: The bus-stop priority rule only applies to regular public-transport service buses, not to touring coaches.

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The text explicitly names 'all buses, including touring coaches'.

  1. False
  2. True
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Correct answer: True

The text explicitly names 'all buses, including touring coaches'. Only small local shuttle buses fall outside it

Why learners get this wrong: The bus-stop priority rule only applies to regular public-transport service buses, not to touring coaches.

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About Letting a bus pull away, a tram stop without a platform, and the bus gate: which statements are correct? (multiple answers possible)

  1. The text explicitly names 'all buses, including touring coaches'.
  2. The rule explicitly applies only within the built-up area.
  3. You may drive a car through a bus gate if there is no bus in sight at that moment.
  4. As long as the bus at the stop is still standing, you may drive on, even when it is already indicating to pull out.
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Correct answer: The text explicitly names 'all buses, including touring coaches'.; The rule explicitly applies only within the built-up area.

The bus is already signalling that it wants to pull away — that is the moment you give way

Why learners get this wrong: You may drive a car through a bus gate if there is no bus in sight at that moment.

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About Letting a bus pull away, a tram stop without a platform, and the bus gate: which statement is WRONG?

  1. The rule explicitly applies only within the built-up area.
  2. Signalling announces, it gives no priority; only a bus inside a built-up area that wants to pull away is let go first, a small minibus is not.
  3. The text explicitly names 'all buses, including touring coaches'.
  4. At every tram stop you must give way to crossing passengers, regardless of whether there is a refuge island or platform.
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Correct answer: At every tram stop you must give way to crossing passengers, regardless of whether there is a refuge island or platform.

The obligation applies specifically to a tram stop WITHOUT a refuge island/platform; the book itself calls this a rare situation. At a stop with a refuge island, passengers already cross safely before reaching the carriageway

Why learners get this wrong: The rule to give way to a bus pulling away applies everywhere, even outside the built-up area.

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