Driver's License Test Prep
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Flashing yellow light

Also known as: flashing yellow signal, yellow flasher, flashing amber

A traffic signal flashing yellow, which warns drivers to slow down and proceed with caution. Cross traffic facing a flashing red must stop, but vehicles facing the flashing yellow do not have an automatic right-of-way over pedestrians or vehicles already in the intersection.

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