Traffic signal steady yellow — Oklahoma Permit Test
Traffic signal steady yellow on the Oklahoma permit test — 1 rule, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
At a steady yellow light, you must stop if you can stop safely before entering the crosswalk at the intersection.
The light is about to turn red, and drivers who push through a yellow are the ones caught in the middle when cross traffic starts.
You must stop if you can stop safely before entering the crosswalk at the intersection.
On the test
The light ahead turns steady yellow and you can stop safely before the crosswalk. What must you do?
Stop before the crosswalk. The light is about to turn red, and drivers who push through a yellow are the ones caught in the middle when cross traffic starts. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.26: “You must stop if you can stop safely before entering the crosswalk at the intersection.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Oklahoma Driver Manual, published by the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK.pdf (Oklahoma Driver Manual, Copyright 2025, Updated 11/24/25, Service Oklahoma, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK-exam.html (Service Oklahoma, Oklahoma Written Knowledge Test, https://oklahoma.gov/service/popular-services/written-test.html, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://oklahoma.gov/service/all-pages/driver-education.html (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- OAC 260:135-5-41 (Service Oklahoma's knowledge-test rule, read 2026-10-04 as reproduced at https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-260-135-5-41; a minimum of 20 questions and 75 percent to pass, corroborating the agency page)