Signals and road markings

Questions on traffic lights, pedestrian signals and the lines and symbols painted on the road, and what each one requires of you.

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ON-016You are turning right on a green light, and pedestrians are crossing the road you are turning into. Who has the right-of-way?
ON-017The light turns yellow as you approach an intersection. What must you do?
ON-018You reach a red light and there is no stop line painted on the road. Where do you stop?
ON-019No sign forbids it. You want to turn right at a red light. What must you do first?
ON-020You are on a one-way road and want to turn left onto another one-way road at a red light. What does the handbook allow?
ON-021What do flashing green lights and green arrows do?
ON-022You face a flashing green light, or a left-pointing green arrow together with a green light. Why is this called an advanced green light?
ON-023Drivers face a flashing green light, and there is no pedestrian signal telling people to walk. May pedestrians cross?
ON-024A left-turn green arrow is shown together with a red light. What may you do?
ON-025After the left-turn green arrow, a yellow arrow appears. What must you do?
ON-026You are already in the intersection, waiting to turn left, when the light turns red. What should you do?
ON-027A left-turn green arrow is showing and there is no pedestrian signal. May pedestrians cross?
ON-028A transit priority signal shows a white vertical bar on a dark background. Who must yield, and to whom?
ON-029Left-turning traffic has its own signal, and a left-turn green arrow appears for your lane. What will traffic going straight ahead or turning right usually see?
ON-030Left-turning vehicles have their own signal. After the yellow light for left-turning vehicles, what appears?
ON-031At an intersection with a fully protected left turn, the light for traffic going straight ahead has turned green. You are waiting to turn left. What must you do?
ON-032You approach a flashing red light. What must you do?
ON-033What does a flashing yellow light mean?
ON-034A power failure leaves the traffic lights at an intersection dark. How do you go through?
ON-035What is a traffic beacon?
ON-036A flashing red beacon hangs above an intersection. What does it require of you?
ON-037A flashing yellow beacon sits on an obstruction in the road. What does it warn you to do?
ON-038The pedestrian signal shows a flashing or steady orange hand. What does it mean for pedestrians?
ON-039A pedestrian is crossing on the walk signal. Who has the right-of-way?
ON-040A pedestrian has already started to cross when the hand symbol appears. What should they do, and who has the right-of-way?
ON-041An intersection has signal lights but no pedestrian signals. When may pedestrians cross?
ON-042Where there are pedestrian push-buttons, what must a pedestrian do to bring on the walk signal?
ON-043At an intersection pedestrian signal on a busy main road, what controls traffic on the smaller, less busy crossroad?
ON-044What do yellow lines and white lines on the road separate?
ON-045A solid line runs at the left of your lane. What does it mean?
ON-046A broken line runs at the left of your lane. What does it mean?
ON-047Continuity lines, the broken lines that are wider and closer together, appear on your right. What do they mean on that side?
ON-048What is a stop line?
ON-049There is no stop line at the intersection, so you must still stop. What does the handbook say about the crosswalk there?
ON-050A white arrow is painted on your lane. What does it mean?
ON-051How are pedestrian crossovers marked on the road?
ON-052At a pedestrian crossover, when may drivers and cyclists go on?
ON-053Two solid lines are painted on the pavement leading past a bridge pier. What are they for?

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