Traffic signals — Kentucky Permit Test

On a green light, after yielding to vehicles and pedestrians lawfully in the intersection, a Kentucky driver may go straight, turn left or turn right unless such turns are prohibited.

Green means go if it is clear, not go regardless. Whoever is already in the intersection finishes first.

GREEN Traffic Light – If the roadway is clear, after yielding the right of way to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the intersection, you may go straight or turn left or turn right, unless such turns are prohibited.

A Kentucky driver turning left on a green light must yield to through traffic coming from the opposite direction.

A green light is green for the oncoming car too, and it is not turning.

Left turns on a green light must yield to through traffic coming from the opposite direction.

A yellow light in Kentucky means the signal is about to turn red, and a driver should stop if they can do so safely.

Yellow is a warning rather than an invitation, and the judgment is whether stopping is safe.

YELLOW Traffic Light – A yellow light means the traffic signal is about to turn red. Stop if you can do so safely.

A Kentucky vehicle may clear an intersection on a red light if it entered while the signal was yellow, but entering after the light turns red is against the law.

The question is where the car was when the light changed, not where it is now.

A vehicle may clear an intersection on a red light, if the vehicle entered the intersection while the signal was yellow; but it is against the law to enter an intersection after the light turns red.

A red light in Kentucky means stop behind a crosswalk or stop line until the green light appears.

The line is where the stop happens, and stopping past it puts the car in the crossing.

RED Traffic Light – A red light means “stop” behind a crosswalk or stop line until the green light appears.

When there is more than one traffic light at a Kentucky intersection, a driver obeys the one that is over their lane.

The lights are aimed at particular lanes, and reading the wrong one is how a driver goes on a turn arrow.

When there is more than one traffic light, obey the one that is over your lane.

What may a Kentucky driver do on a green light?

Go straight, turn left or turn right unless those turns are prohibited. Green means go if it is clear, not go regardless. Whoever is already in the intersection finishes first. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.35: “GREEN Traffic Light – If the roadway is clear, after yielding the right of way to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the intersection, you may go straight or turn left or turn right, unless such turns are prohibited.”