Pedestrian hybrid beacon — South Dakota Permit Test

A pedestrian hybrid beacon has two red lenses above a single yellow lens and helps pedestrians cross busy roads at midblock crossings.

A driver who does not know this signal may not stop for the walker who just pushed the button.

The beacon head consists of two red lenses above a single yellow lens.

A pedestrian hybrid beacon stays dark until a pedestrian pushes the call button, and goes dark again once the pedestrian has crossed.

Drivers who think a dark beacon is broken may stop for nothing, or speed through when it lights.

The lenses remain "dark" until a pedestrian desiring to cross the street pushes the call button to activate the beacon.

Once activated, a pedestrian hybrid beacon runs a yellow-to-red sequence of steady and flashing lights that tells motorists to slow and stop.

Rolling through when the beacon turns red puts your car in the crosswalk with a walker.

The signal then initiates a yellow to red lighting sequence consisting of steady and flashing lights that direct motorists to slow and come to a stop.

How are the lenses arranged on a pedestrian hybrid beacon?

Two red lenses above a single yellow lens. A driver who does not know this signal may not stop for the walker who just pushed the button. South Dakota Driver License Manual, p.31: “The beacon head consists of two red lenses above a single yellow lens.”