Flashing yellow light
Also known as: flashing yellow signal, yellow flasher, flashing amber
A traffic light 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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- You approach an intersection with a flashing yellow traffic light. What should you do? · North Carolina practice question
- In a highway construction or maintenance zone, when does the fine for a traffic violation... · California practice question
- A flashing yellow light at an intersection tells you to do what? · Illinois practice question
- A steady red traffic light means you must: · California practice question
- You approach an intersection controlled by a flashing yellow light. According to the Texas... · Texas practice question
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