Red light and right on red — South Carolina Permit Test

At a red light you must wait behind the stop line, crosswalk or intersection until the light turns green.

Creeping past the stop line puts your car into the crosswalk or the path of cross traffic.

You must wait behind the stop line, crosswalk, or intersection until the traffic light turns green.

Traffic facing a red signal may turn right, except where a sign prohibits a right turn on red.

A right turn on red keeps traffic moving where it is safe, while a sign marks the intersections where it is not.

An exception to this rule permits traffic facing a red signal to turn right except where a sign prohibits a right turn on red.

When turning on red, you must stop before entering the near-side crosswalk and yield to pedestrians and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

A driver turning on red is looking left for gaps in traffic and can easily miss a pedestrian stepping off the curb on the right.

When turning on red you must stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the turn and yield right-of-way to pedestrians who are lawfully within and adjacent to the crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

At a steady red light, where must you wait?

Behind the stop line until it turns green. Creeping past the stop line puts your car into the crosswalk or the path of cross traffic. South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.62: “You must wait behind the stop line, crosswalk, or intersection until the traffic light turns green.”