You are stopped at an intersection facing a red arrow pointing left, and the intersection is clear. Under the manual, may you complete the turn?
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A.
Yes, because no NO TURN ON RED sign is posted here.
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B.
Yes, after a full stop and yielding, the same as a steady red light.
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C.
Yes, because the turn is from a one-way road onto a one-way road.
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D.
No. A turn on red is never permitted at a red arrow. Correct
The answer is "No. A turn on red is never permitted at a red arrow."
A red arrow is not a steady red light with a direction attached. The manual gives it its own entry: wait until the red arrow goes out and a green light or green arrow comes on, and neither a right nor a left turn on red is permitted at one. The trap is that the steady-red entry directly above it does allow a turn after a full stop, so a reader who has learned that rule carries it across to the arrow and turns into a signal phase that is protecting cross traffic or oncoming traffic.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Yes, because no NO TURN ON RED sign is posted here.
A missing sign does not create permission at a red arrow. The signal itself is the prohibition, so there is nothing for a sign to add.
B. Yes, after a full stop and yielding, the same as a steady red light.
This carries the steady-red turn rule across to the arrow. The manual gives the red arrow a separate entry precisely because that rule does not reach it.
C. Yes, because the turn is from a one-way road onto a one-way road.
The one-way-to-one-way permission belongs to the steady red light. A red arrow bars the turn regardless of how the two roads run.
This question tests your knowledge of Traffic Lights in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Traffic Signals - Traffic Lights," p.31..
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