You approach a signal with a flashing yellow arrow for your left turn. What is required of you?
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A.
Stop and wait for a solid green arrow before starting your left turn.
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B.
Turn immediately because oncoming traffic has been stopped by red.
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C.
Treat the flashing arrow the same as a flashing red stop signal.
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D.
Turns are allowed, but you must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. Correct
The answer is "Turns are allowed, but you must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians."
A flashing yellow arrow lets you turn in the direction of the arrow, but oncoming traffic has the green, so you must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians before completing the turn. Drivers who carry the solid-green-arrow rule over to the flashing yellow, expecting oncoming traffic to be held for a protected phase, are the ones who turn without yielding.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stop and wait for a solid green arrow before starting your left turn.
The flashing yellow arrow itself authorizes the left turn; no separate green arrow has to appear before you may proceed with yielding. This answer waits for a protected green arrow before every left turn, treating the flashing yellow as a warning to hold rather than as permission to turn once oncoming traffic clears.
B. Turn immediately because oncoming traffic has been stopped by red.
At a flashing yellow arrow, oncoming traffic has a green light, so you must yield to it rather than turning without checking. This answer reads any yellow arrow as a fully protected phase, assuming oncoming traffic is held the way it is under a solid green arrow.
C. Treat the flashing arrow the same as a flashing red stop signal.
A flashing yellow arrow is a permissive turn signal, not a stop-and-proceed indicator like a flashing red light. This answer collapses every flashing signal into the same behavior, applying the flashing-red stop-then-proceed rule to a color the manual treats separately.
This question tests your knowledge of Traffic Lights in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Traffic Signals: Flashing Signal Lights, Flashing Yellow Arrow," p.52..
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