A police officer directing traffic tells you to proceed even though the signal facing you is red. What should you follow?
Correct answer: The officer's traffic direction, proceeding cautiously.
A law-enforcement officer may direct traffic differently from the usual device. Follow the direction carefully while watching other road users.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, opening paragraph: direction by a law-enforcement officer; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Your signal turns green while a pedestrian is lawfully finishing a crossing in your path. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield and let the pedestrian clear before proceeding.
A green indication does not cancel the duty to yield to people or vehicles lawfully within the intersection or crosswalk.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(A): green indication and yielding; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You approach a signal that changes from green to steady yellow, and you can stop safely before entering. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop safely instead of accelerating to beat the coming red light.
Steady yellow warns that the green movement is ending and red will follow. It is a warning to prepare to stop, not a direction to speed up.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(B) and 1(C): yellow transition and red stop; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You face a circular red signal and want to turn right. No sign prohibits the turn. What is required before you turn?
Correct answer: Stop, yield to pedestrians and traffic with the right-of-way, and turn only when safe.
The ordinary right-on-red permission requires a stop and yielding. It is permission to turn safely, not a requirement to go when the view or gap is inadequate.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(C): circular red and right-turn permission; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A steady red arrow points in the direction you want to turn. There is no officer directing you otherwise. What should you do?
Correct answer: Do not enter the intersection to make that movement while the red arrow is displayed.
A steady red arrow prohibits entering for the indicated movement. A clear view does not turn that signal into permission.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(C)(1): steady red arrow; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You reach an intersection facing a flashing red signal. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop, then yield and proceed under the rules for a stop sign.
Flashing red requires a stop. After stopping, the usual yielding obligations determine when it is safe to enter.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(C)(2): flashing red; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You approach an intersection with a flashing yellow signal. What is the correct response?
Correct answer: Proceed with caution, slowing as conditions require and watching for conflicts.
Flashing yellow warns drivers to use caution. It neither gives an unrestricted right-of-way nor requires waiting for a green phase.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(B): flashing yellow; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A green arrow permits your left turn, but a vehicle is still lawfully clearing the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Allow it to clear, then follow the arrow when the path is safe.
The arrow permits the indicated direction. It does not excuse a conflict with traffic already lawfully using the intersection.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(A): green arrow direction and lawful users; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
An intersection displays red and yellow together to vehicle traffic. What does Maine's rule require?
Correct answer: Do not enter; the intersection is reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians.
Maine's statute assigns the simultaneous red-and-yellow indication to exclusive pedestrian use. It is not the ordinary yellow transition.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 1(D): simultaneous red and yellow; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You are in a lane controlled by a steady yellow X. What should you do?
Correct answer: Leave that lane safely because its permitted use is ending.
A steady yellow X warns that control of the lane is changing. Move out safely rather than waiting in the lane for a red X.
Source: Maine Driver License Manual, Rev 4/24, printed 6-4, physical PDF page 51: Lane-use control signals ↗
An overhead flashing yellow X controls a lane. For what movement may you use it?
Correct answer: A left turn, rather than ordinary through travel.
The handbook distinguishes a flashing yellow X, which permits left-turn use, from a steady yellow X warning drivers to leave the lane.
Source: Maine Driver License Manual, Rev 4/24, printed 6-4, physical PDF page 51: Lane-use control signals ↗
An overhead red X is displayed above a lane even though vehicles used that lane earlier. May you enter it now?
Correct answer: No; the red lane-control signal prohibits using that lane.
Current lane-control signals govern the lane's use. Past traffic direction and congestion do not override a red indication.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2057, 3: overhead lane-control signals; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
