You approach a steady red light and plan to turn right. What is required?
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A.
Wait for a green arrow before turning right.
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B.
Come to a full stop and yield, unless a sign prohibits the turn. Correct
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C.
Turn only when a pedestrian shows the Walk signal.
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D.
Slow to a rolling stop and yield to cross traffic.
The answer is "Come to a full stop and yield, unless a sign prohibits the turn."
Right on red is legal in Illinois after a complete stop and a yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians, unless a sign prohibits the turn or an officer directs otherwise. Drivers who bring a rolling-stop habit from quiet intersections into the exam pick D and miss the complete-stop language the manual builds into the rule.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Wait for a green arrow before turning right.
A green arrow isn't required; after a full stop and yield, right on red is allowed unless a sign prohibits it or an officer directs otherwise. This answer reads right on red as a protected movement that needs its own arrow, the way a green left arrow authorizes a protected left.
C. Turn only when a pedestrian shows the Walk signal.
The pedestrian Walk signal governs pedestrians, not the driver's right-turn permission; drivers still follow the traffic light and yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. This answer extends the yield-to-pedestrians habit into a permission cue, treating the pedestrian Walk display as the driver's own go signal.
D. Slow to a rolling stop and yield to cross traffic.
A rolling stop doesn't satisfy the complete-stop requirement the manual builds into the right-on-red rule. This answer carries the rolling-stop habit from quiet intersections into a rule the manual writes around a full stop.
This question tests your knowledge of Traffic Lights in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Traffic Signals, Steady Lights," p.77..
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