When loading or unloading passengers, a bus may need to be: Question When loading or unloading passengers, a bus may need to be: Answers Placed in reverse. Placed in fourth gear. Placed in neutral. Placed in first gear. Explanation When stopped to load or unload students at a stop, the transmission of a school bus should be placed in park. If there is not a park setting, the bus should be put in neutral. This questions appears in the following tests: New Hampshire Bus