You intend to turn right at a circular 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.
Nebraska’s stated right-on-red exception requires a complete stop and yielding. Rolling through is not enough.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 32, physical PDF page 40: 3A-2 Right turn on circular red ↗
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.
Yellow warns that the signal is changing. When a safe stop can be made before entering, stop rather than accelerating to beat the light.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 31, physical PDF page 39: 3A-1 Yellow ↗
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: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 32, physical PDF page 40: 3A-1 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: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 31, physical PDF page 39: 3A-1 Flashing Red ↗
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: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 31, physical PDF page 39: 3A-1 Flashing Yellow ↗
A normal intersection traffic signal is dark, with no officer, flagger or other control in place. What should you do?
Correct answer: Treat it as an all-way stop, then proceed cautiously under the right-of-way rules.
A failed intersection signal requires an all-way stop. This is not the normal dark interval of a midblock pedestrian hybrid beacon.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 31, physical PDF page 39: 3A Nonoperational traffic signal ↗
You are on a one-way street turning left onto another one-way street at a circular red light. No sign or officer prohibits it. What does Nebraska permit?
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: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 32, physical PDF page 40: 3A-2 One-way-to-one-way left turn on circular red ↗
A red right-turn arrow is displayed. There is no separate sign about turning on red. May you turn after stopping?
Correct answer: No; turning on a red arrow is prohibited.
The circular-red turn exception is not permission to turn against a red arrow. Remain stopped for the arrow.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 32, physical PDF page 40: 3A-1 Red Arrow; 3A-2 Turning on red arrow ↗
A pedestrian hybrid beacon is flashing its red lights alternately. What must an approaching driver do?
Correct answer: Stop, then verify no pedestrian is in the driver’s lane or an adjacent lane before proceeding.
The alternating-red phase requires a stop and a careful pedestrian check. It is not the same as the earlier steady-red phase.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 33, physical PDF page 41: 3A-4 Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon, alternating red ↗
A midblock pedestrian hybrid beacon is dark during its normal inactive interval. Does the failed-intersection-signal all-way-stop rule automatically apply?
Correct answer: No; that normal dark interval is specifically excluded, though ordinary pedestrian duties remain.
The manual distinguishes the normal dark beacon from a failed intersection signal. Continue watching the crosswalk and respond to pedestrians.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 33, physical PDF page 41: 3A-4 Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon, dark interval ↗
