Your light turns green while a pedestrian is still lawfully crossing in front of you. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield until the pedestrian is clear of your path.
A green signal permits movement, but it does not cancel the duty to yield to people and vehicles lawfully in the intersection or adjoining crosswalk.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You face a circular green light and a sign prohibiting a left turn. May you make the left turn?
Correct answer: No; the green light does not override the turn-prohibition sign.
Circular green permits straight travel and otherwise permitted turns. A sign at the intersection can prohibit a turn even while the signal is green.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Only a green left arrow is showing for your lane. No other indication permits another movement. What does it authorize?
Correct answer: A cautious left turn in the arrow’s direction.
An arrow authorizes the movement it indicates. Another movement needs its own permission; the arrow does not grant unrestricted use of the intersection.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(d); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You have a green turn arrow, but a bicyclist is lawfully in the crosswalk you will cross. Who must yield?
Correct answer: You must yield to the bicyclist.
Maryland expressly preserves the right of way of a bicycle or pedestrian lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk when a driver follows a green arrow.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(e); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A steady yellow light replaces your green light. What does the yellow indication tell you?
Correct answer: The permitted green movement is ending and a prohibiting red indication follows.
Steady yellow is a transition warning, not a request to accelerate or an indication that the signal is broken.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(g)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
At a circular red light, a clearly marked stop line is several feet before the crosswalk. Where must you stop?
Correct answer: Before crossing the marked stop line.
The marked stop line is the first reference for the required stop. An empty crosswalk does not move that stopping point forward.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(h)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You reach a circular red signal with no stop line, but there is a crosswalk. Where is the required stop?
Correct answer: Before entering the crosswalk.
When there is no marked stop line, stop before entering the crosswalk. If neither line nor crosswalk exists, stop before the intersection.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(h)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You want to turn right at a steady circular red light. No sign prohibits the turn. What is required first?
Correct answer: Make the required stop, then yield and turn only when it is safe.
A permitted right turn on red follows a complete stop and yielding to lawful crosswalk users and conflicting traffic. The absence of a prohibition sign does not remove those duties.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(h), (i)(1) and (k); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You are on a one-way street, turning left onto another one-way street at a circular red light. No sign prohibits it. What does Maryland allow?
Correct answer: A cautious left turn after stopping and yielding as required.
Maryland permits this specific one-way-to-one-way left turn on red after the required stop and yielding. It is not a general permission for left turns from a two-way road.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(i)(2) and (k); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A No Turn on Red sign applies to your approach. The cross street appears empty. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until a signal permits your movement.
The statutory permission to turn on red does not apply when a sign prohibits the turn. An apparently empty roadway is not an exception.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-202(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A traffic signal at an ordinary road intersection flashes red. How should you treat it?
Correct answer: Stop, then follow the right-of-way rules that apply after a stop sign.
A flashing red intersection signal requires a stop. Afterward, proceed under stop-sign rules when it is safe; this provision is not the separate railroad-crossing rule.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-204(b)–(e); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You approach an ordinary road intersection with a flashing yellow signal. What is the required approach?
Correct answer: Proceed only with caution.
Flashing yellow permits cautious movement. It does not give a guarantee that the intersection is clear or remove the duty to watch for conflicts.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-204(f); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
