Steady signal lights — Nebraska Permit Test

At a steady red light, stop before the intersection, stop line or crosswalk and stay stopped as long as the light is red.

Cross traffic has the green and is moving fast, so creeping into the crosswalk puts you in its path.

Stop – come to a complete stop before reaching the intersection, stop line or crosswalk, and remain stopped as long as the light is red.

A steady yellow light warns that the light is about to change: if you have not entered the intersection, stop safely.

Drivers who push through a late yellow are the ones still in the intersection when cross traffic gets its green.

Caution – a steady yellow light is a warning that the light is about to change.

If you are already in the intersection when the light turns yellow, keep moving and clear it safely.

Stopping in the middle of the intersection leaves your car sitting in the lane that is about to fill with cross traffic.

If in the intersection, continue moving and clear it safely.

In Nebraska it is against the law to speed up to beat a yellow light.

Racing a yellow means you reach the intersection faster than planned, right as cross traffic starts to move.

Speeding up to “beat the light” is unlawful.

At a green light you may go through the intersection in the direction the signal shows, if the roadway is clear.

A green light does not stop a driver running the red on the cross street, or a walker still in the crosswalk.

A vehicle may proceed through an intersection in the direction indicated by the signal if the roadway is clear.

Where must you stop for a steady red light?

Before the intersection, stop line or crosswalk. Cross traffic has the green and is moving fast, so creeping into the crosswalk puts you in its path. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.31: “Stop – come to a complete stop before reaching the intersection, stop line or crosswalk, and remain stopped as long as the light is red.”