You want to drive straight through an intersection, but your signal is steady red and cross traffic is absent. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop at the proper stopping point and wait for an indication allowing the movement.
A steady red does not permit a car to go straight merely because the road appears empty. Stop before the stop line, or the crosswalk or intersection when no line is provided.
Source: 2026 Kansas Statutes, K.S.A. 8-1508(c)(1); current text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You face a circular red signal and want to turn right. There is no sign prohibiting the turn. A pedestrian is crossing your intended path. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop and wait for the pedestrian and other conflicting traffic before turning when safe.
The right-on-red permission requires a stop and yielding to pedestrians and traffic constituting an immediate hazard. It is permission only when the turn can be made safely.
Source: 2026 Kansas Statutes, K.S.A. 8-1508(c)(1)–(2); current text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You are on a one-way street and want to turn left onto another one-way street carrying traffic to your left. You face a circular red signal and no sign prohibits the turn. What may you do?
Correct answer: After stopping and yielding to pedestrians and conflicting traffic, turn left if safe.
Kansas’s left-on-red exception is for this one-way-to-one-way arrangement after stopping and yielding. It does not grant unrestricted movement through a red signal.
Source: 2026 Kansas Statutes, K.S.A. 8-1508(c)(3); current text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You approach a circular red signal from a two-way street and want to turn left onto a one-way street. No officer is directing traffic. Does the ordinary Kansas left-on-red exception allow this?
Correct answer: No; that exception requires the street you are leaving to be one-way too.
The current statute limits this left-on-red exception to an origin roadway restricted to one-way traffic and another one-way roadway proceeding left. The handbook’s broader wording is not used here.
Source: 2026 Kansas Statutes, K.S.A. 8-1508(c)(3); statutory one-way origin requirement; current text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Your light turns green, but stopped vehicles leave no room for your car beyond the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait before entering until there is room to clear the intersection.
A green light does not make it safe to block an intersection. Wait for space beyond it before starting across.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook, revised February 2022, printed/PDF page 34: Steady GREEN Traffic Light ↗
You have a circular green light and want to turn left. An oncoming car is close enough to create a conflict. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the oncoming car and turn only when there is a safe gap.
A circular green is not a protected left-turn arrow. Yield to conflicting oncoming traffic and pedestrians before making the turn.
Source: 2026 Kansas Statutes, K.S.A. 8-1508(a)(1); current text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A green left arrow appears, but someone is still lawfully in the crosswalk across your turning path. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield until the person is clear, then cautiously follow the arrow.
A green arrow authorizes the indicated movement but still requires caution and yielding to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully in the intersection.
Source: 2026 Kansas Statutes, K.S.A. 8-1508(a)(2); current text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
As you approach a signal it turns steady yellow. You have enough distance to stop normally without creating a rear-end hazard. What should you do?
Correct answer: Make a controlled stop before entering the intersection.
Yellow warns that the green interval is ending. Stop when you can safely do so; if already in the intersection, clear it safely.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook, revised February 2022, printed/PDF page 34: Steady YELLOW Traffic Light ↗
At a flashing red signal you stop fully. Another vehicle is already crossing in front of you. What happens next?
Correct answer: Wait for that conflict to clear, then proceed only when safe.
A flashing red requires a stop followed by yielding under the stop-controlled intersection rules. Stopping does not create an immediate right to enter.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook, revised February 2022, printed/PDF page 35: Flashing RED Traffic Light ↗
Your signal is flashing yellow as you approach an intersection. Which action is appropriate?
Correct answer: Slow down, check for conflicts and proceed cautiously when safe.
Flashing yellow calls for caution, not a guarantee of a clear path. Be prepared for vehicles or pedestrians entering the intersection.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook, revised February 2022, printed/PDF page 34: Flashing YELLOW Traffic Light ↗
An overhead red X is displayed above a reversible lane that appears empty. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stay out of that lane; it is not available for your travel.
The overhead control determines whether the reversible lane is available. A red X closes that lane to your direction even when it looks empty.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook, revised February 2022, printed/PDF page 45: Reversible Lanes—red X and green arrow ↗
While you are in a reversible lane, its overhead control changes to a steady yellow X. What should you do?
Correct answer: Leave the lane as soon as you can safely do so.
A steady yellow X warns that the lane’s use is changing. Check traffic and move safely out rather than waiting in the lane.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook, revised February 2022, printed/PDF page 45: Reversible Lanes—steady yellow X ↗
