You are stopped at a steady red light in Texas. According to the Texas manual, what does this signal permit?
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A.
Right turns are allowed only when a green arrow lights simultaneously.
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B.
You may turn right after a complete stop, unless prohibited by law. Correct
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C.
You may turn right without stopping if no cross traffic is present.
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D.
All turns on a steady red light are prohibited by state law.
The answer is "You may turn right after a complete stop, unless prohibited by law."
The manual permits a right turn on steady red after a complete stop, unless the turn is prohibited by law, and you must yield to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully using the intersection. Option C is the trap for drivers who bring a rolling-stop habit from quiet residential corners, where cross traffic rarely arrives to force a full halt.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Right turns are allowed only when a green arrow lights simultaneously.
This answer adds an arrow requirement the ordinary right-on-red rule does not include. It confuses the standalone right-on-red permission with the separate green-arrow-with-red display the manual lists as its own signal.
C. You may turn right without stopping if no cross traffic is present.
This answer skips the complete stop the manual demands before any turn on red. It treats a rolling stop as good enough at low-traffic corners where a full halt rarely feels necessary.
D. All turns on a steady red light are prohibited by state law.
The manual expressly permits a right turn on red unless the turn is prohibited by law. This answer reads the red as a blanket stop and forgets Texas treats right on red as the default, with prohibition posted where it applies.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Handbook, "Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers, Steady Red Light (Stop)," p.25..
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