A police officer directing traffic tells you to proceed even though the signal facing you is red. What should you follow?
Correct answer: The officer's traffic direction, proceeding cautiously.
A law-enforcement officer may direct traffic differently from the usual device. Follow the direction carefully while watching other road users.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.300, 1: officer direction; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Your signal turns green while a pedestrian is lawfully finishing a crossing in your path. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield and let the pedestrian clear before proceeding.
A green indication does not cancel the duty to yield to people or vehicles lawfully within the intersection or crosswalk.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.307, 2: circular green and lawful users; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You approach a signal that changes from green to steady yellow, and you can stop safely before entering. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop safely instead of accelerating to beat the coming red light.
Steady yellow warns that the green movement is ending and red will follow. It is a warning to prepare to stop, not a direction to speed up.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.307, 6: steady yellow transition; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You face a circular red signal and want to turn right. No sign prohibits the turn. What is required before you turn?
Correct answer: Stop, yield to pedestrians and traffic with the right-of-way, and turn only when safe.
The ordinary right-on-red permission requires a stop and yielding. It is permission to turn safely, not a requirement to go when the view or gap is inadequate.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.307, 8(c); section 484B.303: red-turn conditions and prohibitions; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A steady red arrow points in the direction you want to turn. There is no officer directing you otherwise. What should you do?
Correct answer: Do not enter the intersection to make that movement while the red arrow is displayed.
A steady red arrow prohibits entering for the indicated movement. A clear view does not turn that signal into permission.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 30: Traffic Signals: red arrow ↗
You reach an intersection facing a flashing red signal. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop, then yield and proceed under the rules for a stop sign.
Flashing red requires a stop. After stopping, the usual yielding obligations determine when it is safe to enter.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.310, 1: flashing red; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
You approach an intersection with a flashing yellow signal. What is the correct response?
Correct answer: Proceed with caution, slowing as conditions require and watching for conflicts.
Flashing yellow warns drivers to use caution. It neither gives an unrestricted right-of-way nor requires waiting for a green phase.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.310, 2: flashing yellow; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A green arrow permits your left turn, but a vehicle is still lawfully clearing the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Allow it to clear, then follow the arrow when the path is safe.
The arrow permits the indicated direction. It does not excuse a conflict with traffic already lawfully using the intersection.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.307, 4 and 9: green turn arrow and lawful users; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A flashing yellow left-turn arrow is displayed, but an oncoming car is close. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the oncoming car and pedestrians, and turn only when the gap is safe.
The flashing yellow arrow permits a cautious turn after yielding. It is not a protected green-arrow phase.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 30: Traffic Signals: flashing yellow turn arrow ↗
You are in the extreme left lane of a one-way street, facing a circular red light. The destination street is one-way to the left and no sign prohibits the turn. What may you do?
Correct answer: Stop, yield to pedestrians and other traffic, then turn left when safe.
Nevada's left-on-red permission applies from the extreme left of a one-way street onto a one-way street to the left, after stopping and yielding.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.307, 8(c): one-way to one-way left on circular red; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
All signal lights at an intersection are dark. What should you do?
Correct answer: Make a complete stop and yield appropriately before proceeding cautiously.
The handbook directs a full stop at an intersection where signals are not working, followed by the appropriate yielding rules.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 30: Traffic Signals: traffic lights not working ↗
An overhead freeway display shows a yellow X with CAUTION over your lane. What does the handbook direct?
Correct answer: You may use the lane with caution and should be alert for the hazard ahead.
Nevada distinguishes yellow X CAUTION from yellow X MERGE. CAUTION permits use with heightened attention; it is not the MERGE message.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Active Traffic Management: yellow X CAUTION ↗
An overhead freeway display shows a yellow X with MERGE over your lane. How should you respond?
Correct answer: Prepare to merge safely because the lane is ending.
The MERGE message warns that the lane is ending. Signal, observe traffic, and make a safe lane change.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Active Traffic Management: yellow X MERGE ↗
The overhead signal for your freeway lane changes to a red X with CLOSED. What should you do?
Correct answer: Leave the closed lane safely and do not enter it again while closed.
A red X indicates a closed lane. Respond safely to the closure rather than assuming the absence of a visible obstacle permits continued use.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 37: Active Traffic Management: red X CLOSED ↗
At a metered freeway entrance, the signal for the adjacent ramp lane turns green while yours remains red. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until the signal controlling your lane permits you to proceed.
Ramp meters control entry by lane. Follow the signal and any posted vehicle-release instructions for your lane.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 36: Entering a Freeway: ramp meters ↗
A pedestrian sees a flashing DON'T WALK indication with a countdown and can finish crossing before it reaches zero. What should a turning driver understand?
Correct answer: Nevada permits that pedestrian to start under this countdown condition, so the driver must watch and yield as required.
The current statute distinguishes a flashing indication with a countdown from one without a countdown. Do not assume the flashing words alone make the pedestrian's entry unlawful.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.283, 1(d)(2): flashing pedestrian indication with countdown; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Your ordinary car waits through two signal cycles without receiving green. Does the Nevada exception for certain undetected motorcycles and bicycles authorize the car to drive through the red?
Correct answer: No; that listed-vehicle exception does not apply to an ordinary car.
The two-cycle provision names motorcycles, mopeds, trimobiles, bicycles, electric bicycles and electric scooters, not ordinary cars. Do not import that exception into car driving.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.307, 8(d): two-cycle exception limited to listed small vehicles; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
