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Vermont: Traffic signals Practice Test

Red, yellow and green lights, arrows, flashing signals and what to do at each.

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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Vermont Driver's Manual" (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles.

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  1. What should you do at a traffic signal that is dark, as in a power failure?

    A traffic signal housing with all three lamps dark and unlit.
    • Proceed if no cross traffic is visible to you
    • Stop as if there are stop signs in all directions
    • Treat it as a flashing yellow light for all directions
    • Yield only to vehicles on your right
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    Correct answer: Stop as if there are stop signs in all directions

    A dark signal is treated like stop signs in all directions.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  2. A traffic signal is out of order and flashes yellow or red. What must you do?

    A traffic signal flashing red
    • Ignore it and proceed with caution
    • Treat it as a green light
    • Wait for a police officer before moving
    • Obey that signal
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    Correct answer: Obey that signal

    When a signal is out of order and flashes yellow or red, you must obey that signal.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  3. Where must you stop at a red light?

    Top view of a two-lane street with a double yellow center line. A blue car drives in the right lane toward an intersection; a white line crosses its lane, then white striped bars. A traffic light at the near right corner has its top lamp lit red.
    • Before the stop line or the crosswalk, whichever comes first
    • Past the crosswalk, at the edge of the intersection
    • Only at the stop line, if there is one
    • In the middle of the crosswalk
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    Correct answer: Before the stop line or the crosswalk, whichever comes first

    At a red light you stop before reaching either the stop line or the crosswalk, whichever comes first.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  4. A green arrow comes on while the red light is displayed. What may you do?

    A five-section traffic signal: a red light lit at the top and, below it on the left, a green left arrow lit.
    • Wait until the red light turns green
    • Proceed in any direction
    • Proceed in the direction of the green arrow
    • Proceed only after a complete stop of 3 seconds
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    Correct answer: Proceed in the direction of the green arrow

    Green arrow signals may come on while the red light is displayed, and you may proceed in the direction of the arrow.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  5. Right turns at circular red lights are usually allowed. What must the driver do first?

    Top view of a city intersection with white striped bars on all four sides and a double yellow center line. A blue car sits in the right lane behind a white line, amber lamps lit at its right corners. The light at the near right corner shows red on top; the bars and cross streets are empty.
    • Slow down and turn if no pedestrians are close
    • Stop completely, scan, and yield to pedestrians and other vehicles
    • Stop only if other vehicles are approaching the intersection
    • Stop completely and turn ahead of all other vehicles
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    Correct answer: Stop completely, scan, and yield to pedestrians and other vehicles

    A right turn on red is allowed only after you have stopped completely, scanned the intersection and yielded to pedestrians and other vehicles.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  6. What may indicate that you cannot turn right on red at an intersection?

    Top view of a city intersection with white striped bars on all four sides and a double yellow center line. A blue car sits in the right lane behind a white line, amber lamps lit at its right corners. The light at the near right corner shows red on top; the bars and cross streets are empty.
    • A broken white line on the pavement
    • The color of the curb
    • A green arrow pointing left
    • Signs or symbols at the intersection
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    Correct answer: Signs or symbols at the intersection

    Some intersections have signs or symbols that indicate you cannot turn right on red.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  7. A police officer directs you through a red light. What should you do?

    A four-way intersection from above: a person in a navy cap and bright yellow-green vest stands in the middle with both arms out to the sides, white-gloved palms raised; a gray, a red and a blue car are on the roads around it; a signal housing on a pole seen from behind.
    • Follow the officer’s directions, with caution
    • Stop and wait for the light to turn green
    • Ignore the officer and obey the light
    • Proceed at normal speed
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    Correct answer: Follow the officer’s directions, with caution

    A police officer may direct you through a red light, and you should follow the directions with caution.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  8. What does a yellow traffic light warn drivers of?

    A steady yellow traffic light
    • The light is about to turn green
    • Cross traffic is entering the intersection
    • The light is about to turn red
    • You must always stop at once
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    Correct answer: The light is about to turn red

    A yellow light warns that the light is about to turn red.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  9. The light turns yellow and you are too close to the intersection to stop safely. What should you do?

    A car very close to an intersection while the middle lamp of the traffic signal ahead is lit.
    • Stop suddenly where you are in the road
    • Proceed with caution through the intersection
    • Speed up and sound your horn
    • Back up to the stop line
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    Correct answer: Proceed with caution through the intersection

    If you are too close to stop safely, you proceed with caution through the intersection.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  10. You are turning left on a green light. What must you do?

    A blue car turning left on green, with an oncoming car, a car on the cross street and a pedestrian in the crosswalk
    • Turn before oncoming vehicles reach the intersection
    • Stop and wait for a green arrow
    • Sound your horn and turn
    • Yield the right of way to oncoming vehicles
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    Correct answer: Yield the right of way to oncoming vehicles

    On a green light you may proceed if it is safe, but when turning left you must yield to oncoming vehicles.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  11. Where may a “left turn yield on green light” sign be attached at intersections where special emphasis is needed?

    • To the overhead wire near the signal
    • To the curb beside the crosswalk
    • To a stop sign post
    • To the pavement at the stop line
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    Correct answer: To the overhead wire near the signal

    The manual says the sign will be attached to the overhead wire near the signal.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  12. What does a flashing circular red light mean?

    A traffic signal flashing red
    • Slow down and proceed with caution if no one is coming
    • Stop only if other traffic is approaching the intersection
    • Stop like at a stop sign, then proceed after yielding to everyone
    • Wait for the signal to turn green before proceeding
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    Correct answer: Stop like at a stop sign, then proceed after yielding to everyone

    A flashing circular red light works like a stop sign: stop, then go only after yielding to everyone.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  13. What should you do at a flashing yellow light?

    A flashing yellow traffic light
    • Stop completely and wait for the light to turn green
    • Slow down, scan the intersection and proceed with caution
    • Stop and then proceed only if no one is coming
    • Proceed at normal speed without scanning
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    Correct answer: Slow down, scan the intersection and proceed with caution

    At a flashing yellow light you slow down, scan the intersection, yield to oncoming vehicles before a left turn and proceed with caution.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  14. What must drivers intending to turn left do at a solid red arrow?

    A traffic signal housing showing an illuminated red arrow pointing to the left.
    • Turn after yielding to oncoming traffic
    • Turn if no vehicles are coming
    • Slow down and turn with caution
    • Stop and wait
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    Correct answer: Stop and wait

    Drivers intending to turn left must stop and wait, and must not enter the intersection to turn.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  15. What does a solid yellow arrow mean?

    A steady yellow arrow traffic signal
    • The left-turn signal is about to change to red
    • The left-turn signal is about to change to green
    • Left turns are allowed after yielding to oncoming traffic
    • Left turns are not allowed at this intersection
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    Correct answer: The left-turn signal is about to change to red

    A solid yellow arrow tells you the left-turn signal is about to change to red, so prepare to stop or finish a turn you are already legally making.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  16. When may you complete a left turn on a solid yellow arrow?

    A steady yellow arrow traffic signal
    • Whenever you are approaching the intersection at a safe speed
    • If you are still behind the stop line and no one is coming
    • If you are legally in the intersection with no conflicting traffic
    • Only if oncoming traffic has stopped for the intersection
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    Correct answer: If you are legally in the intersection with no conflicting traffic

    On a solid yellow arrow you prepare to stop, or prepare to complete the turn if you are legally within the intersection and there is no conflicting traffic.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  17. What must you do at a flashing yellow arrow before you turn left?

    A four-section left-turn signal head in which the third lens, a yellow left arrow, is lit with short motion lines around it showing that it is blinking.
    • Stop and wait for the solid green arrow before turning
    • Yield to all oncoming traffic and to pedestrians in the crosswalk
    • Turn without yielding, because you have the right of way
    • Yield only to pedestrians who are in the crosswalk
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    Correct answer: Yield to all oncoming traffic and to pedestrians in the crosswalk

    At a flashing yellow arrow you may turn left after yielding to all oncoming traffic and pedestrians, waiting for a safe gap.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  18. When you face a flashing yellow arrow for a left turn, what light does oncoming traffic have?

    A four-section left-turn signal head in which the third lens, a yellow left arrow, is lit with short motion lines around it showing that it is blinking.
    • A red light
    • A flashing red light
    • A yellow arrow
    • A green light
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    Correct answer: A green light

    At a flashing yellow arrow oncoming traffic has a green light, so you wait for a safe gap before turning.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  19. What does a solid green arrow mean for left turns?

    A traffic signal head on a pole with three left-pointing arrow lights, the top two unlit and the bottom one lit green.
    • Left turns have the right of way
    • Left turns must yield to oncoming traffic
    • Left turns are not allowed
    • Left turns are allowed only after stopping
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    Correct answer: Left turns have the right of way

    With a solid green arrow, left turns have the right of way and oncoming traffic has a red light.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  20. What light does oncoming traffic have when you face a solid green left-turn arrow?

    A traffic signal head on a pole with three left-pointing arrow lights, the top two unlit and the bottom one lit green.
    • A green light
    • A flashing yellow light
    • A red light
    • A solid yellow arrow
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    Correct answer: A red light

    When your left-turn arrow is solid green, oncoming traffic has a red light.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 32 · Open this page in the manual

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  21. Many signal-controlled intersections have "No Turn On Red" signs that light up during pedestrian crossing times. What must you do when the signs are lit?

    Top view of a city intersection: a blue car with its right turn signal on waits at a red traffic light; under the signal head a black sign is lit with the white words NO TURN ON RED; the crosswalks are empty.
    • Turn right on red after slowing down
    • Not turn right on red
    • Turn right on red only if no pedestrian is in sight
    • Turn right on red only after a full stop
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    Correct answer: Not turn right on red

    When the lighted signs show, turning right on red is not allowed.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 38 · Open this page in the manual

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  22. What does the manual say about turning right when the signal shows a red arrow?

    A traffic signal showing a steady red arrow pointing right, with the yellow and green right-arrow lenses below it dark.
    • Turn right after a full stop if no vehicle is coming
    • Turn right after yielding to pedestrians
    • Turn right only if a pedestrian sign is not lit
    • Do not turn right on a red arrow
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    Correct answer: Do not turn right on a red arrow

    The manual states not to turn right on a red arrow.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 38 · Open this page in the manual

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