Traffic signals — Kansas Permit Test

A steady green Kansas traffic light means you can go through the intersection if it is clear to do so, and you must yield to emergency vehicles and other roadway users as required by law.

Green is permission, not protection. The intersection still has to be clear before you move.

This means you can go through the intersection if it is clear to do so.

If a Kansas driver is stopped at an intersection and the light turns green, they must allow crossing traffic to clear the intersection before going ahead.

Someone is often still finishing their crossing. Pulling away the instant it turns green meets them side on.

If you are stopped at the intersection and the light turns green, you must allow crossing traffic to clear the intersection before you go ahead.

Turning left at a steady green Kansas traffic light means you may turn but only when the intersection is clear, always yielding to the oncoming traffic flow and pedestrians.

A plain green gives no protection for a left turn. You are crossing traffic that has green too.

Turning left at a steady green traffic light means you may turn but only when the intersection is clear to do so.

A green arrow in Kansas means you can safely turn in the direction of the arrow if the intersection is clear, and oncoming or crossing traffic should yield to your turning action.

The arrow is the one turn that is actually protected. Others are still told to wait for you.

This means you can safely turn in the direction of the arrow, if the intersection is clear of other roadway users.

A Kansas driver turning on a green arrow should be careful of others making a right turn on red from the other side of the intersection.

A protected turn still meets drivers who are allowed to move. They are watching for a gap, not for you.

be careful of others making a right turn on red from the other side of the intersection.

A steady yellow Kansas traffic light means the light is about to change to red, and you should slow down and come to a complete stop if traffic flow to the rear allows.

Yellow is a warning to stop, not an invitation to hurry. The only reason to continue is the car behind you.

This means the traffic light is about to change to red. You should slow down and come to a complete stop if traffic flow to the rear allows.

If a Kansas driver is already in the intersection when the yellow light comes on, they may continue safely through the intersection.

Stopping halfway across leaves you in the path of cross traffic. Once you are in, the safe move is out.

If you are already in the intersection when the yellow light comes on, you may continue safely through the intersection.

A flashing yellow Kansas traffic light means slow down and proceed with caution, and be prepared to stop for any traffic that may be entering the intersection.

A flashing yellow means the intersection is uncontrolled for the other road. Someone may pull out in front of you.

This means slow down and proceed with caution.

A yellow arrow in Kansas means the green arrow is ending, and a driver should prepare to stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic or pedestrians.

The protection is being taken away. What was your turn a second ago now belongs to oncoming traffic.

This means that the green arrow is ending; you should prepare to stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic or pedestrians.

A steady red Kansas traffic light means stop before entering the intersection, waiting behind the stop line, crosswalk or intersection until the light turns green.

The line is where you stop, not the middle of the intersection. Creeping past it puts you in the crosswalk.

This means stop prior to entering the intersection. You must wait behind the stop line, crosswalk, or intersection until the traffic light turns green.

When turning right at a Kansas intersection, if there is no sign prohibiting a right turn on a red light, a driver may turn after stopping and checking for traffic and pedestrians.

The stop comes first and it has to be a real one. The turn is what you may do after it.

When turning right at an intersection, if there is no sign prohibiting a right turn on a red light, you may turn after stopping and checking for traffic and pedestrians.

Some left turns are permitted on red in Kansas when moving from a one-way street onto another one-way street, or from a two-way street onto a one-way street.

The turn works because nothing is coming the other way. It is still a stop first, then a check.

Some left turns may be permitted on red when moving from a one-way street onto another one-way street or from a two-way street onto a one-way street.

A flashing red Kansas traffic light means you must stop behind a stop line, crosswalk or intersection before entering, using the same procedure as at a stop sign.

It is a stop sign made of light. Rolling through one is the same offense as rolling through the other.

This means you must stop behind a stop line, crosswalk, or intersection before entering and use the same procedure as you would at a stop sign, by coming to a complete stop, looking both ways before entering the intersection and yielding right-of-way.

A red arrow in Kansas means you must stop, and you may not go in the direction of the arrow until the green arrow or light returns on the signal.

A red arrow bans that one movement. Other traffic at the same intersection may still be moving freely.

This means you must stop, and you may not go in the direction of the arrow until the green arrow or light returns on the signal.

A small very bright blinking light in the middle of a Kansas red light alerts a driver to the red light and that they must stop.

Some intersections are easy to miss at speed. The extra flash is there to catch a driver who has not seen it.

This device is to alert you of the red light and that you must stop.

What does a steady green traffic light mean in Kansas?

You may go through if the intersection is clear. Green is permission, not protection. The intersection still has to be clear before you move. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.34: “This means you can go through the intersection if it is clear to do so.”