In Indiana, a steady red arrow faces your right-turn lane. No sign prohibits the turn. What must happen before you may turn right?
Correct answer: Stop completely and yield to traffic and pedestrians.
Indiana allows a right turn on a red light or red arrow after a complete stop, when no sign prohibits it and the turn can be made safely after yielding.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Red Traffic Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
You are on a one-way street, turning left onto another one-way street. The signal is red and no sign bans the turn. What does Indiana allow?
Correct answer: A left turn after stopping and yielding, if the way is clear.
Indiana permits this one-way-to-one-way left turn on red after a complete stop and yielding. The street configuration and absence of a prohibition matter.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Red Traffic Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
You face a red light on a two-way street and want to turn left onto a one-way street. Does Indiana's one-way-to-one-way exception apply?
Correct answer: No; your starting street is two-way.
The manual limits the left-on-red permission to a turn from a one-way street onto another one-way street. A two-way starting street does not satisfy that condition.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Red Traffic Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
Your light is green, but oncoming traffic is close as you prepare to turn left. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield until a safe gap is available.
A circular green signal does not protect a left turn from oncoming traffic. Yield to conflicting vehicles and pedestrians before completing the turn.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Green Traffic Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
One vehicle is already in the intersection waiting to turn left under a green light. What does the Indiana manual say about following it into the intersection?
Correct answer: Only one vehicle at a time may be in the intersection to make the left turn.
The manual specifies one vehicle at a time in the intersection for a left turn. Do not form a queue inside the intersection behind the waiting vehicle.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Green Traffic Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
A flashing yellow arrow is displayed for your left turn. What does it mean?
Correct answer: You may turn after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
A flashing yellow arrow permits a cautious, unprotected turn. It does not guarantee that conflicting traffic has stopped.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Flashing Yellow Arrow, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
A traffic light is flashing red and the intersection looks empty. How should you proceed?
Correct answer: Stop completely, check for conflicts, then proceed when safe.
Flashing red requires a stop. An apparently empty intersection does not remove that requirement; proceed only after yielding as needed.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Flashing Red Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
An ordinary traffic signal has gone completely dark. What should you do at the intersection?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to traffic already there and other users with priority.
A non-operating traffic signal requires stopping. Yield to vehicles already in the intersection, earlier arrivals, vehicles on your right when appropriate, and pedestrians.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Approaching an Intersection with Non-Operating Signal, printed page 35 (physical PDF 40); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
A NO TURN ON RED sign applies to your lane. You have stopped and see a clear right turn. What now?
Correct answer: Wait for a signal that permits the turn.
A posted prohibition removes the usual right-on-red permission. Stopping and finding a gap do not override the sign.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Red Traffic Signals, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
A painted white stop line is before the crosswalk at a red light. Where should you stop?
Correct answer: Before the stop line.
Use the marked stop line. When no line exists, stop before the crosswalk or intersection rather than occupying the pedestrian crossing.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Approaching a Red Light or Stop Sign, printed page 35 (physical PDF 40); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
The green light changes to steady yellow while you can still stop safely. What is the appropriate response?
Correct answer: Stop before entering the intersection.
Steady yellow warns that the right of way is ending. It is not an instruction to speed up; stop when you can do so safely.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Yellow Traffic Signals, printed page 33 (physical PDF 38); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
A green turn arrow appears, but a pedestrian is still in the path of your turn. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield and let the pedestrian clear your path.
A green arrow permits movement in its direction, but does not authorize striking or cutting off someone lawfully clearing the intersection.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Traffic Signals — Green Arrow, printed page 34 (physical PDF 39); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
A pedestrian hybrid beacon shows two steady red lights over a crosswalk. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop and remain stopped while the red indication is steady.
Steady red is the stop phase while pedestrians cross. The later alternating flashing-red phase has different stop-and-yield instructions.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons, printed page 36 (physical PDF 41); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
The pedestrian beacon has changed from steady red to alternating flashing red. What should an arriving driver do?
Correct answer: Stop, then proceed only when the crossing is clear.
Flashing red still requires a stop before proceeding when safe. These beacons return to dark after the crossing sequence; they do not display a green phase.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons; flashing-red rule on printed page 34, printed page 36 (physical PDF 41); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
Another car stops at an all-way stop before you do. Both drivers intend to go straight. Who normally proceeds first?
Correct answer: The other car, after checking that it is safe.
At an all-way stop, the first vehicle to stop is normally first to proceed. Drivers must still watch for conflicts rather than treating priority as a guarantee.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, All-Way Stops, printed page 39 (physical PDF 44); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
Two cars going straight stop at an all-way stop at the same time. The other car is to your right. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the car on your right.
When arrivals are simultaneous, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. If priority is uncertain, avoid forcing a conflict.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual, All-Way Stops, printed page 39 (physical PDF 44); downloaded September 14, 2026. ↗
