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. ↗
All signal lights at an intersection are out. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop at the proper stopping point, yield, and remain stopped until entering is safe.
Maryland requires a stop at a nonfunctioning traffic signal, followed by yielding to vehicles and pedestrians in the intersection and proceeding only when safe.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-209(1)–(3); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You have stopped at a nonfunctioning signal. A vehicle is still in the intersection. Does your stop alone let you enter?
Correct answer: No; you must yield and wait until it is safe to continue.
Stopping is only the first duty. You must also yield to users already in the intersection and keep stopped until your movement can be made safely.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-209(2)–(3); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
At an intersection with no signs or signals and no through-highway exception, another vehicle approaches from your right. Which basic rule applies?
Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle approaching from your right.
For an intersection covered by this rule, a vehicle yields to one approaching from the right. Stop signs, through highways and other specific rules can change which rule applies.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-401(1)–(2); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You plan a left turn into a driveway. An oncoming vehicle is close enough to make the turn dangerous. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the oncoming vehicle.
A driver turning left at an intersection or into a driveway must yield to oncoming traffic in the intersection or close enough to be an immediate danger.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-402(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A U-turn is otherwise permitted, but an approaching vehicle is close enough to create an immediate danger. What is required?
Correct answer: Yield before making the U-turn.
Permission to make a U-turn does not provide priority over approaching traffic. You must yield when an approaching vehicle is an immediate danger.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-402(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
After stopping at a stop sign, you see a vehicle approaching on the intersecting road. What duty remains?
Correct answer: Yield to the approaching vehicle before entering.
A stop sign requires both stopping and yielding to approaching traffic on the intersecting road. A completed stop is not an automatic right to enter.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-403(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
At a yield sign, traffic on the other road prevents a safe entry. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop if necessary to give that traffic the right of way.
A yield sign requires a cautious approach and yielding. When slowing alone is insufficient, you must stop to give the required right of way.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-403(d); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You are about to enter a public highway from a private driveway. Which action is required?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to vehicles approaching on the highway.
Maryland requires drivers entering or crossing a highway from a driveway or another non-highway place to stop and yield to approaching highway traffic.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-404(a)–(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You approach a paved highway from an unpaved highway. What must you do before entering or crossing it?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to vehicles approaching on the paved highway.
The statute requires stopping and yielding when entering or crossing a paved highway from an unpaved highway. This is separate from the general uncontrolled-intersection rule.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-404(d)–(e); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Another vehicle may be affected by your turn. For at least what distance before the turn must the required turn signal be continuous?
Correct answer: The last 100 feet traveled before the turn.
When a turn signal is required, Maryland calls for continuous signaling over at least the last 100 feet before the turn. Signaling does not remove the need to check that the turn is safe.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-604(c)–(d); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
May you flash your turn signal solely to tell the driver behind you that it is safe to pass?
Correct answer: No; turn signals may not be used as courtesy “do pass” signals.
Maryland prohibits using these signals as a courtesy invitation to pass. A following driver must assess passing conditions instead of treating your signal as a guarantee.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-604(f)(2); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your turn signal is on, but moving from the shoulder into traffic would force another driver to brake sharply. Should you move?
Correct answer: No; the movement must be reasonably safe.
A signal communicates an intention. Maryland separately requires a move from a shoulder or bikeway onto the roadway, or another change of course, to be reasonably safe.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-604(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You need to slow sharply and have an opportunity to warn the driver immediately behind you. What does the rule require?
Correct answer: Give the appropriate signal before the sudden slowing.
When there is an opportunity to signal, Maryland requires an appropriate warning before stopping or suddenly reducing speed for the driver immediately to the rear.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-604(e); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
