You are turning right on red at an intersection with a crosswalk. What does the manual tell you to do for pedestrians?
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A.
Turn as soon as your light changes; pedestrians must yield.
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B.
Wave any waiting pedestrians across before you turn.
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C.
Proceed once you have made eye contact with the pedestrian.
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D.
Allow pedestrians ample time to clear the crosswalk. Correct
The answer is "Allow pedestrians ample time to clear the crosswalk."
The manual's right-on-red rule is explicit: stop, look in all directions, watch for pedestrians, and hold your turn until they have had ample time to clear the crosswalk. The other options substitute a courtesy wave, an eye-contact ritual, or a green-signal habit for that duty.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Turn as soon as your light changes; pedestrians must yield.
A driver turning on red must yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, not force them out of the way. This answer confuses a green signal for through movement with the separate duty to yield to pedestrians before turning.
B. Wave any waiting pedestrians across before you turn.
The manual warns that it is never safe to wave a pedestrian into the line of traffic. This answer treats a friendly wave-through as a courtesy, borrowing a habit from parking lots where no cross-traffic threatens the pedestrian you invite forward.
C. Proceed once you have made eye contact with the pedestrian.
Nothing in the right-on-red rule replaces the duty to wait for the crosswalk to clear. This answer borrows the informal eye-contact habit from four-way stops, mistaking a pedestrian's acknowledgment for permission to shorten their crossing time.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Sharing the Road With Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and Motorcyclists and Moped Drivers - Pedestrians," p.55..
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