Which driver must stop?

Explanation

The passenger car's driver.

In the picture, two pedestrians who have got off the red bus are crossing on the pedestrian crossing, and the yellow passenger car is approaching that same crossing. The pedestrians are on the markings and in the car's path, so the car's driver is obliged to stop before the crossing and let them finish crossing.

The bus, however, has passed the crossing and is standing at the stop; the pedestrians are crossing behind it and do not cut across the bus's path, so it has no duty to stop again. Identifying exactly this point — who is really in the pedestrians' path — produces the whole answer.

This situation is one of the most dangerous urban scenes and should be an alarm bell for you: wherever a bus has stopped at a stop, the likelihood of a pedestrian suddenly emerging from in front of or behind it is high, and the bus's body completely blocks your view. In such a place, even if the crossing appears empty, you must reduce speed and be ready to stop. The general rule too is: at a pedestrian crossing without traffic lights, priority always belongs to the pedestrian who has entered the crossing, and the driver must give way to him.

• "The bus driver" seems right if you assume the bus has not yet reached the crossing; but the bus has passed the crossing and stopped at the stop, and the pedestrians do not cut across its path. • "Both drivers" is over-cautious; only the vehicle whose path meets the pedestrians' path on the crossing must stop, and here that vehicle is only the passenger car.

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