Practice lights, arrows and pedestrian signals: 36 questions based on the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), 8 of them on Pennsylvania's own rules.
The same ones allowed at a steady red light
The manual says a red arrow means stop and wait, but the turns allowed on a steady red signal are allowed on a steady red arrow too.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signals
The flagger
Flaggers' authority overrides conventional traffic control devices.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 3, Special Circumstances and Emergencies: Work Zones
A safe gap in traffic
The green light does not protect you, so look for a safe gap before you enter.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signals: Ramp-Metering Signals
One
Only one car may enter each time the light turns green. Multi-lane ramps have a meter for each lane.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signals: Ramp-Metering Signals
Your left turn is not protected on the green
You may turn left on the circular green, but you have to yield to oncoming traffic first.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signs: Lane Use Control Signs
Yield to pedestrians and pull forward slowly
Once stopped, yield to any pedestrians and carefully pull past the line until you can see, then go when it is clear.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signs: Regulatory Signs
Oncoming traffic may still move after your light turns red
It warns that drivers coming the other way can keep going after you get a red light.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signs: Lane Use Control Signs
2 points and a fine of up to $250
The fine can rise to $500 if emergency responders are called, and you must then repay the response costs.
You may drive in that lane
A green arrow over a lane means it is open to you. Other signs and signals still apply.
Source: Texas Driver Handbook, Chapter 5, Signals, Signs, and Markers, p. 32; Official Florida Driver License Handbook, Chapter 6, Traffic Controls (p. 53); New York State Driver's Manual, Chapter 4, Traffic Control; Illinois Rules of the Road, Chapter 10, Traffic Signals and Pavement Markings; Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signals: Lane Use Control Signals; Georgia Drivers' Manual, Section 7: Signs, Signals & Markings, Lane Control Signals; Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39), Section 2: Traffic Signals (pp. 5-6); Washington Driver Guide, Chapter 4, 4.16 Road markings: Reversible lanes; Maryland Driver's Manual, Section 4.A, p. 18; Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook 2026, Section 5.C Special Lanes, p. 36; Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B, Chapter 3, Traffic Signs and Signals: Lane Control Signals (p. 42); Section B, Chapter 4, Rules of the Road: Reversible Lanes (p. 61); Minnesota Driver's Manual, Chapter 5, Lane use control signals, p. 68; Alabama Driver Manual, Chapter 5, Signs, Signals and Road Markings, Lane Use Control Signals, PDF p. 58; Oklahoma Driver Manual, Chapter 4, Lane Control Signals, p. 27; Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5, Know the Road, Reversible Lanes, p. 44; Utah Driver Handbook, Section 9, A. Flex Lanes, PDF p. 49; Nevada Driver's Handbook, Chapter 3, Active Traffic Management Signs, PDF p. 37; Iowa Driver's License Manual (MM1170), Chapter 2, 2.15 Reversible Lanes, p. 15; MDPS Driver's License Manual, Lane Direction Control, PDF p. 40; New Mexico Driver Manual, Reversible Lanes, PDF p. 12; Hawaii Driver's Manual, Chapter VI, Lane Control Signals, PDF p. 42; West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook, Chapter V, Lane Use Control Signals, PDF p. 50; Delaware Driver Manual (July 2026), Section Four, Reversible Lanes, PDF p. 85; Montana Driver Manual (Form 25-0100, revised April 2024), Chapter 3, Reversible Lanes, PDF p. 45; Maine Driver's License Manual (Rev 4/24), Section 6, Lane Use Control Lights (green arrow), PDF p. 51; SDCL 32-28-8.1, SDCL 32-28-8.1
From a one-way street onto another one-way street
This is the one left turn you can make on red. Stop and yield first.
Source: California Driver's Handbook, Section 6, Navigating the Roads; Texas Driver Handbook, Chapter 5, Signals, Signs, and Markers, p. 25; Official Florida Driver License Handbook, Chapter 6, Traffic Controls (p. 51); New York State Driver's Manual, Chapter 4, Traffic Control; Illinois Rules of the Road, Chapter 4, Traffic Laws; Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), Chapter 2, Signals; Ohio Driver Manual, Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws, Ohio Revised Code 4511.13; Georgia Drivers' Manual, Section 5: Traffic Laws, Laws Governing Right-of-Way; Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39), Section 2: Traffic Signals (pp. 5-6); Massachusetts Driver's Manual, Chapter 4, p. 81; Maryland Driver's Manual, Section 4.A, p. 17; Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook 2026, Section 5.A Traffic Signals, p. 32; Minnesota Driver's Manual, Chapter 5, Traffic-control signals, p. 66; Chapter 3, Turning on a red light, pp. 28, 30; Alabama Driver Manual, Chapter 6, Traffic Laws, Stopping, PDF pp. 62-63; Louisiana Class D & E Driver's Guide, Chapter 3, Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings, Traffic Signals, Steady Red, PDF p. 39; Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Six, Traffic Signals, PDF p. 43; South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 56, Chapter 5, § 56-5-970(C)(3); Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Traffic Signals, Steady red light, printed p. 7 (PDF p. 10); Oklahoma Driver Manual, Chapter 4, Traffic Signals, p. 26; 21 Del. C. § 4108, 21 Del. C. § 4108(a)(3)b); Montana Driver Manual (Form 25-0100, revised April 2024), Chapter 4, Intersections, PDF p. 50
We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95) (PUB 95 (4-21) PDF, plus the undated online manual on pa.gov, read 2026-11-06 edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.
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