You have a circular green light and want to turn left across approaching traffic. What does the green light allow?
Correct answer: Turn only after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians and finding a safe opening.
A circular green is not a protected left-turn arrow. Check the actual conflict paths before turning.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Solid green light, left-turn exception ↗
Your light turns green while a vehicle is still clearing the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait and yield to the vehicle already in the intersection.
A green signal permits movement only when safe. It does not erase the need to let existing intersection traffic clear.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Solid green light, traffic already in intersection ↗
A traffic officer directs you to stop even though your signal is green. Which direction controls?
Correct answer: Stop as the officer directs.
When an officer is directing traffic, follow the officer’s instructions rather than conflicting signs or signals.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 40: Traffic Officers ↗
A pedestrian began crossing on the permitted signal and is still in the crosswalk when the pedestrian display starts flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield and allow the pedestrian to finish crossing safely.
The handbook tells pedestrians who already began crossing to continue. Drivers must still protect their crossing rather than treating the change as permission to crowd them.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 40: Pedestrian Crossing, flashing display ↗
The crossing gate is down but you cannot see a train. May you drive around it?
Correct answer: No; stay stopped until the gate is raised, lights stop flashing and the tracks are clear.
A lowered gate is not optional merely because the train is out of view. Check all tracks before proceeding after the warnings end.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 35: Railroad crossings, gates and flashing lights ↗
Your light permits travel, but stopped traffic leaves no space beyond the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait before the crosswalk until space is available beyond the intersection.
Do not enter a blocked intersection. A signal permitting travel does not authorize obstructing the crosswalk or cross traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 50: Blocked intersection and crosswalk ↗
At a four-way stop, another vehicle stopped before you and its path is clear. Who should ordinarily go first?
Correct answer: The vehicle that arrived and stopped first.
Arrival order establishes the ordinary sequence at a four-way stop. Do not race to stop or force your way into the intersection.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Four-way stop, first arrival ↗
You and a driver on your right reach a four-way stop at the same time. Your paths conflict. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the driver on your right.
For simultaneous arrivals, the handbook gives priority to the vehicle on the right. Still check that every movement can be made safely.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Four-way stop, simultaneous arrival ↗
You stop at a two-way-stop intersection while vehicles approach on the road without stop signs. Does arriving first let you cross ahead of them?
Correct answer: No; yield to the through traffic and wait for a safe opening.
The through road’s traffic has priority over vehicles waiting at the stop signs. First arrival among stopped vehicles does not override that priority.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Two-way stop ↗
You are leaving a driveway with no stop sign. What does Mississippi’s handbook direct you to do before entering the street?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to approaching traffic.
An unsigned driveway is still an entry into an existing traffic stream. The absence of a stop sign does not give the entering driver priority.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 57: Driveways and Unmarked Entrances ↗
A car is already circulating through the part of a roundabout you want to enter. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow and yield, then enter counterclockwise when there is a safe opening.
Entering traffic yields to circulating traffic. Travel counterclockwise, select the proper exit and signal the exit intention.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 57: Roundabouts ↗
You are already in an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren. What should you do?
Correct answer: Clear the intersection safely, then move right and yield.
Do not block the intersection. Complete the safe clearing movement and then yield from the right side as directed in the handbook.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 67: Emergency vehicles ↗
