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.
Montana’s stated right-on-red exception requires a complete stop and yielding. Rolling through is not enough.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: Steady red signal ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: Steady yellow signal ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: Flashing yellow arrow ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: Flashing red signal ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 31, physical PDF page 41: Flashing yellow signal ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: Nonfunctioning signals ↗
You are on a one-way street and want to turn left onto another one-way street. No sign or officer prohibits it. What does Montana permit at a red light?
Correct answer: A left turn after a complete stop and yielding, if it is safe.
The permission is limited to the described one-way-to-one-way movement. Stop and yield to pedestrians and conflicting traffic.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: One-way-to-one-way left turn on red ↗
