The traffic light changes to green, and a pedestrian is still in the crosswalk ahead of you after entering before the change. What must you do?
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A.
Wait only if the pedestrian is using a mobility device
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B.
Proceed because your light is now green
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C.
Sound your horn to signal the pedestrian to hurry
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D.
Yield until the pedestrian finishes crossing Correct
The answer is "Yield until the pedestrian finishes crossing"
A pedestrian who entered the crosswalk before the light changed keeps the right of way, and you yield until they finish. Choice B comes from treating a fresh green as automatic clearance, forgetting that the pedestrian started under an earlier light phase that still protects them.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Wait only if the pedestrian is using a mobility device
The manual applies the yield to any pedestrian who entered before the change, not only to those with mobility aids. This answer narrows the protection to pedestrians with visible aids, borrowing a separate disability-specific yield from elsewhere in the section.
B. Proceed because your light is now green
The pedestrian entered under an earlier light phase and still holds the right of way; a fresh green does not override that. This answer reads a fresh green as an instant clearance and misses the protection carried over from the earlier phase.
C. Sound your horn to signal the pedestrian to hurry
A horn does not shift the right of way; the rule protects the pedestrian regardless of pressure from the driver. This answer treats the horn as a way to reclaim right of way, a habit that ignores who the manual is protecting.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Pedestrian Right of Way," p.27..
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