Pedestrian signals — Indiana Permit Test

Pedestrian signals on the Indiana permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A pedestrian signal shows WALK or a walking person when it is safe to cross, and DON'T WALK or a raised hand when it is not.

Drivers who know the walk signal can expect people to step off the curb when it comes on.

Pedestrian signals display the words “DON’T WALK” or a symbol of a raised hand when it is not safe for pedestrians to cross a street or intersection.

Indiana Driver's Manual, p.36

A flashing DON'T WALK or raised hand warns that the time to cross safely is ending.

A person already in the street may still be finishing their crossing, so drivers must wait for them.

The words or symbols flash to alert pedestrians that the time in which to safely cross the street or intersection is ending.

Indiana Driver's Manual, p.36

A pedestrian hybrid beacon at a mid-block crosswalk stays dark until a pedestrian activates it.

When it is dark, drivers go as normal. When it lights, someone wants to cross.

The pedestrian hybrid beacon is dark unless it has been activated by a pedestrian.

Indiana Driver's Manual, p.36

After a pedestrian activates a hybrid beacon, it shows flashing yellow, then steady yellow, then two steady red lights while the pedestrian crosses.

The two steady reds are the drivers' stop signal, held while the person is in the crosswalk.

Then, two steady red lights will be displayed while the pedestrian crosses, and then the two red lights will flash to allow drivers to proceed through if the crossing is clear of pedestrians.

Indiana Driver's Manual, p.36

When a pedestrian hybrid beacon's two red lights flash, drivers may go through if the crossing is clear of pedestrians.

Flashing red here works like a stop sign: stop, check the crosswalk, then go.

and then the two red lights will flash to allow drivers to proceed through if the crossing is clear of pedestrians.

Indiana Driver's Manual, p.36

On the test

What does a raised hand on a pedestrian signal mean?

It is not safe to cross. Drivers who know the walk signal can expect people to step off the curb when it comes on. Indiana Driver's Manual, p.36: “Pedestrian signals display the words “DON’T WALK” or a symbol of a raised hand when it is not safe for pedestrians to cross a street or intersection.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Indiana Driver's Manual, published by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.