Traffic Lights
Traffic lights, flashing signals, lane-use signals, and pedestrian signals.
Traffic Lights rules in Texas follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the Texas driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Traffic Lights questions, Texas edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- You are stopped at a steady red light in Texas. According to the Texas manual, what does this signal permit? →
- You reach a steady red light where both your street and the cross street carry one-way traffic. What does the Texas manual say about turning left? →
- You approach an intersection with a flashing red light facing your direction. According to the Texas manual, what does the signal require? →
- You have stopped at a flashing red light on Main Street. According to the Texas manual, what should you assume about traffic on the intersecting road? →
- The signal ahead changes from green to steady yellow as you approach the intersection. According to the Texas manual, what does the yellow require? →
- You approach an intersection controlled by a flashing yellow light. According to the Texas manual, what should you do? →
- You are in a left-turn lane and see a flashing yellow arrow for your direction. According to the Texas manual, what does this signal allow? →
- You face a steady red light with a green arrow pointing right displayed at the same time. What does the Texas manual say you may do? →
- A law enforcement officer at an intersection is directing traffic in a way that contradicts the traffic light. According to the Texas manual, whose direction must you follow? →
- A steady yellow X lights up above your lane on a Texas roadway. According to the manual, what does this signal tell you to do? →
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