Traffic signal lights — Mississippi Permit Test

A solid red light means you must make a complete stop and remain stopped until the light turns green.

Cross traffic has a green light and will not slow down for a car that creeps out.

A SOLID RED LIGHT means you must make a complete stop and remain stopped until the light turns green.

You may turn right on a red light unless a sign prohibits it, but you must first stop completely and yield to other traffic and pedestrians; only yielding before turning is not enough and is illegal.

A rolling right turn on red is how drivers hit people stepping off the curb to their right.

You may turn right while the light is red. But first, you must STOP COMPLETELY and yield to other traffic and pedestrians.

A solid yellow light means the light will soon turn red; slow down and prepare to stop.

Speeding up to beat the yellow is how drivers end up in the middle as cross traffic starts.

A SOLID YELLOW LIGHT means the light will soon turn red. Slow down and prepare to stop.

A solid green light means you may go if it is safe, but you must yield to any pedestrians and any traffic already in the intersection.

A green light does not clear the cars and people who were still crossing when it changed.

A SOLID GREEN LIGHT means you may go if it is safe to do so. You must yield to any pedestrians and to any traffic already in the intersection.

If you are turning left on a solid green light, you must yield to oncoming traffic.

Oncoming cars have the same green and will not stop for a car that turns across them.

If you are turning left, the solid green light means you must YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

A green arrow means you may turn in its direction from the proper lane; oncoming traffic has a red light, so you have a protected turn.

Knowing which signal protects your turn tells you when you can turn without waiting for a gap.

Oncoming traffic will have a red light when your turn arrow is green, giving you a protected turn.

A flashing yellow arrow means you may turn in its direction, but you must yield to oncoming traffic, which has a green light; your turn is not protected.

Oncoming cars still have a green light, so turning without a gap puts you in their path.

A YELLOW FLASHING ARROW means you may turn in the direction of the arrow if you are in the proper lane. You must YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

A solid yellow arrow is the same as a solid yellow light: the light is about to change to red.

Treating a yellow arrow as a go signal leaves you turning as the red comes on.

A YELLOW SOLID ARROW is the same as a SOLID YELLOW LIGHT. It indicates that the light is about to change to red.

On a left-turn signal, a yellow arrow means the signal is changing from a green arrow (a protected turn) to an unprotected turn or to a red light.

If you think the turn is still protected, you may turn in front of cars that now have a green.

The signal is transitioning from a green arrow (protected turn) to an unprotected turn or to a red light.

What must you do at a solid red light?

Stop and stay stopped until green. Cross traffic has a green light and will not slow down for a car that creeps out. Mississippi Driver's License Manual, p.37: “A SOLID RED LIGHT means you must make a complete stop and remain stopped until the light turns green.”