You intend to turn right at a red light. No sign prohibits the turn. What must you do first?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then yield to pedestrians and conflicting traffic before turning if safe.
Mississippi’s stated right-on-red exception requires a complete stop and yielding. Rolling through is not enough.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Solid red light, right-turn exception ↗
A steady yellow light appears as you approach, and you have enough room for a normal safe stop. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow and stop rather than accelerate into the changing signal.
The handbook says yellow warns that red is coming and directs you to slow and prepare to stop. Do not speed up to beat the change.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Solid yellow light ↗
A left-turn arrow is flashing yellow while an oncoming car approaches. What is required?
Correct answer: Yield and turn only when the path is safely clear.
A flashing yellow arrow permits a yielding, unprotected turn. It is not the same as a green protected-turn arrow.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Yellow flashing arrow ↗
A green left arrow is displayed with a red circular light. You are in a lane that permits either left or straight travel. What movement does this display authorize?
Correct answer: A left turn in the arrow’s direction, not straight travel through the red light.
The arrow permits its indicated movement. The circular red continues to stop straight-through traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 38: Green arrow plus red circular light ↗
You approach a flashing red traffic light. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then proceed cautiously after yielding as required.
Flashing red requires a full stop. After stopping, use the applicable right-of-way rules and enter only when safe.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 39: Flashing red light ↗
Your approach has a flashing yellow traffic light. What is the appropriate response?
Correct answer: Slow down and proceed with caution while checking the intersection.
Flashing yellow calls for caution, not a guarantee of a clear path. It differs from flashing red’s full-stop instruction.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 39: Flashing yellow light ↗
All signal lights facing your approach are dark. No officer is directing traffic. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then proceed cautiously using the intersection right-of-way rules.
The handbook expressly requires a stop at a nonfunctioning signal. Do not assume that traffic on another approach will behave correctly.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 39: Malfunctioning traffic light, no functioning lights ↗
An overhead lane-control signal marks a lane red while the adjacent lane is marked green. Which lane may you use?
Correct answer: Use the open green-marked lane; do not travel in the red-marked lane.
Lane-control displays identify lanes available for travel. A red-marked lane is not a spare passing lane.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 40: Lane Direction Control ↗
A 14-year-old wants an ordinary Mississippi learner’s permit, without relying on a special program. What is the ordinary minimum age?
Correct answer: 15 years old.
The regular learner’s permit starts at age 15, subject to the other requirements. This is not a question about a special instructional or hardship privilege.
Source: Mississippi DPS Driver Service Bureau, Regular Learner’s Permit, eligibility; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A learner wants to practice with a licensed 20-year-old sitting beside them. Does this meet Mississippi’s ordinary learner-supervision rule?
Correct answer: No; the accompanying licensed driver must be at least 21 and sit beside the learner.
The ordinary permit requires a licensed driver age 21 or older physically occupying the seat next to the learner. Another vehicle following behind would not satisfy that position requirement.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 13: Regular Learner’s Permit, accompanying driver ↗
You have not yet received a license or learner’s permit. May you practice on a public street if your licensed parent sits beside you?
Correct answer: No; you must first have the required valid license or permit.
A supervisor does not replace the learner’s own credential. The manual explicitly warns that driving without a valid license or permit is unlawful even with a parent or licensed driver.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 10: License requirements ↗
An otherwise qualified 16-year-old has held a Mississippi learner’s permit for eight months and will not turn 17 for several months. What must happen before an ordinary Class R license is available?
Correct answer: Complete the 12-month permit period or reach the 17th birthday, whichever comes first.
The current agency rule for age 16 is 12 months of permit holding or the 17th birthday, whichever occurs first. Other application requirements still apply.
Source: Mississippi DPS Driver Service Bureau, New Driver’s License, 16 Years of Age; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
