Crosswalk signals — Maryland Permit Test
Crosswalk signals on the Maryland permit test — 1 rule, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A crosswalk signal stops traffic so people can cross safely, and somebody uses it by pushing a button on a pole at the side of the road.
Nothing happens until the button is pressed, so waiting at the curb achieves nothing.
On the test
How does somebody on foot use a crosswalk signal?
By pushing a button on a pole. Nothing happens until the button is pressed, so waiting at the curb achieves nothing.
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.
Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Maryland Driver's Manual, published by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-06.