Minnesota permit test: traffic signals
Steady and flashing lights, arrows, pedestrian signals and lane-use signals. 4 questions.
What must you do at a flashing red traffic light?
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Sample traffic signals questions
What must you do at a flashing red traffic light?
- A Stop only if cross traffic is present
- B Treat it like a stop sign
- C Slow down and go through with caution
- D Wait until it turns green
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B. Treat it like a stop sign
A flashing red light means stop completely, yield to vehicles and pedestrians that arrived first, and go when the intersection is clear, just like a stop sign.
You arrive at an intersection where the traffic signal is dark because of a power outage. How does the Minnesota manual say to treat it?
- A As a place where you may not proceed
- B As if the light were green for you
- C As an uncontrolled intersection
- D As if you had a flashing yellow light
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C. As an uncontrolled intersection
Minnesota's manual says to treat a non-working signal like an uncontrolled intersection: slow down, look carefully, and yield to the driver on the right if you arrive together.
You are in the intersection waiting to turn left when your light turns from yellow to red. What should you do?
- A Back up behind the stop line
- B Turn right instead
- C Complete the turn as soon as it is safe
- D Stay where you are until the next green
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C. Complete the turn as soon as it is safe
If you are already in the intersection when the light turns red, finish your turn as soon as it is safe. Do not back up.
A steady yellow X is lit over the lane you are driving in. What does it mean?
- A Stop and wait in the lane
- B Prepare to move safely into another lane
- C The lane is open to all traffic
- D You may use the lane to turn left
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B. Prepare to move safely into another lane
A steady yellow X warns that the lane's use is changing. Move safely out of it, because a steady red X, meaning you may not use the lane, comes next.