Traffic signals — Indiana Permit Test

A green light means go: you have the right of way and may drive through as long as the intersection is clear of vehicles and pedestrians.

Green gives you the right of way, but it does not clear the intersection of a car or person still in it.

If you are facing a green light, you have the right of way and may drive through an intersection as long as the intersection is clear of other vehicles and pedestrians.

A steady yellow light means your right of way is ending; if you are too close to stop safely, you may complete your movement.

Slamming on the brakes right at the line can cause a rear-end crash, so finish the move only when stopping is unsafe.

If you are approaching the intersection and are too close to stop safely, you may complete your movement.

Facing a red light, you may not enter the intersection until the light turns green and the intersection is clear.

Red gives cross traffic the right of way, and entering on red puts you in their path.

If you are facing a red light, you may not enter the intersection until the light facing you turns green and the intersection is clear.

A green arrow, shown with a red or green light, gives you the right of way to turn the way it points once the intersection is clear.

The arrow means oncoming traffic is held for you, so you can turn without waiting for a gap.

If you are facing a green arrow displayed with a red or green light, you have the right of way and may turn through an intersection, as long as the intersection is clear.

Turning left on a green light with no arrow, you must yield to all oncoming traffic, and only one vehicle at a time may move into the intersection to turn left.

A plain green does not hold oncoming cars, so you wait for a gap instead of turning into their path.

You must yield the right of way to all oncoming traffic.

A flashing yellow arrow means you may turn only after yielding to pedestrians and oncoming traffic.

A flashing arrow lets you turn, but oncoming cars still have a green, so you go only in a safe gap.

A yellow flashing arrow for a turning movement means that you may proceed with the turn only after you have yielded the right of way to pedestrians and oncoming traffic.

To turn right on a red light where allowed, come to a full stop, check that no vehicles or pedestrians are in your path, and make sure no No Turn on Red sign is posted.

A right on red is a privilege, not a right, so you must stop and let everyone with a green go first.

To turn right through an intersection with a red light or arrow, when permissible, you must come to a full stop, check to make sure that there are no vehicles and pedestrians in the path of your turn or about to enter the path of your turn, check that there is not a “No Turn on Red” sign and use the correct lane.

You may turn left on a red light only from a one-way street onto another one-way street, after a full stop and with the way clear.

Turning left from a one-way street onto another crosses no oncoming lane, which is why it can be allowed.

You may turn left through an intersection with a red light or arrow if you are turning from a one-way street onto a one-way street.

A flashing yellow light at an intersection means slow down and use caution; cross traffic must yield to you, but watch for anyone crossing.

Others are told to yield, but some will not, so you still slow down and look.

A yellow flashing light displayed without an arrow at an intersection means that you should slow down and use caution when traveling through an intersection.

A rectangular rapid flashing beacon at a crosswalk flashes only when a pedestrian activates it.

When it is flashing, someone is crossing or about to, so be ready to stop.

Rectangular rapid flashing beacons are used at crosswalks and only flash when activated by a pedestrian.

A flashing red light at an intersection works like a stop sign: come to a complete stop before going on with caution.

Treat it exactly as a stop sign, even though it is a light.

A red flashing light at an intersection is equivalent to a stop sign and means that you must come to a complete stop before proceeding with caution to enter the intersection.

At a flashing red light where cross traffic does not have to stop, you may go only when the intersection is clear and you will not get in the way of cross traffic.

Cross traffic has no reason to slow for you, so you must find a gap large enough to clear the intersection.

If you are facing a red flashing light at an intersection at which cross-traffic is not required to stop, you may proceed only when the intersection is clear and when you will not interfere with the right of way of cross-traffic.

Facing a green light, when may you drive through the intersection?

When it is clear of vehicles and pedestrians. Green gives you the right of way, but it does not clear the intersection of a car or person still in it. Indiana Driver's Manual, p.33: “If you are facing a green light, you have the right of way and may drive through an intersection as long as the intersection is clear of other vehicles and pedestrians.”